This Trick Lets You See a Map of Everywhere Your iPhone Has Been
Your iPhone is consistent;y tracking you for enhanced recommendations based on your interests. On your iPhone, you can check out all the locations that you and your iPhone have been to. While you have the option to turn the feature off, the information is end-to-end encrypted. Apple determines your location through GPS and Bluetooth signals along with crowd-sourced WiFi hotspots. Without you even noticing, the iPhone can determine your location with ease. You can now see the list of these significant locations in your iPhone's Settings. If you are unfamiliar, you can check a map on your iPhone of all the places that you have been to.
How to See The Location History Map on iPhone and Know Every Place That You Have Been to
As mentioned earlier, the list of places is called Significant Locations and you can access it in the Settings. You will be presented with a map that will show you all the locations that you have been to with your iPhone. If you are not sure how to access the map with your significant locations on your iPhone, simply follow the step-by-step instructions below.
1. The first thing that you have to do is launch the Settings app.
2. Now, head over to Privacy.
3, Tap on Location Services. If you have not enabled it, you should do so to see the location history map.
4. You will be presented with a bunch of options. Simply scroll down and head over to System Services.
5. Scroll down and tap on Significant Locations. You will be prompted for Face ID or Touch ID depending on the device that you are using.
6. Toggle on Significant Locations.
This is all that you have to do to see the map with your entire location history on your iPhone. Make sure that the Significant Locations toggle is turned on, if it is not, you will not be able to see the map of your location history on your iPhone. Simply scroll down and you will see the map with your locations.
If you are not happy about the decision and want to restrict your iPhone's access to your location history, you can simply toggle the option off after step 5. Nonetheless, it is still a very neat way to see a map with all of your past locations.
For more helpful guides and tutorials, head over to this section.
This is all there is to it, folks. How did you like the ability to see the list of places and locations that your iPhone has been to on a map? Share your experience with us in the comments section below.
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