Google’s New Location Tracking Feature “Latitude” Coming to iPhone?
Latitude, Google just announced their new location tracking feature and it may be coming to the iPhone. Google’s Latitude will allow you to share your current location with your friends and family.
Latitude is a new feature of Google Maps for mobile, as well as an iGoogle gadget, that allows you to share your location with your friends and to see their approximate locations, if they choose to share them with you. You can use your Google account to sign in and easily invite friends to Latitude from your existing list of contacts or by entering their email addresses. Google Talk is integrated with Latitude, so you and your friends can update your status messages and profile photos on the go and see what everyone is up to. You can also call, SMS, IM, or email each other within the app. Check out the video below to see Latitude in action.
Latitude gives you control over how much or little location information you want to share, and with whom. And of course Latitude is 100% opt-in, also some privacy concerns are addressed on Google’s FAQ page.
Latitude will be launching initially on BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian S60, Google hopes to release an iPhone version soon.
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