How to Share Your ETA on iPhone While Driving

If someone needs your arrival time, Apple Maps can share an ETA during navigation. If you want them to follow a live drive in Drivio, use Live Share and check the session’s lifetime. A live location view and a calculated arrival estimate are different features.

Share an arrival estimate with Apple Maps

Set this up before driving. In Maps, select your destination and start directions, open the route card, then choose Share ETA and a contact. If the option is missing, check Share ETA in Settings → Apps → Maps. Labels can vary by iOS version.

Apple’s ETA sharing guide explains supported recipients, updated estimates during delays, and how to stop sharing. Use the route card’s sharing controls to end access for a contact.

Arrival time or live drive: choose what the recipient needs

• “When should I come outside?” A navigation ETA is the relevant information. An estimate can change with traffic and route changes.
• “Can I follow your drive?” A live location and route view can help show progress, but a dot on a map is not a guaranteed arrival time.
• “Have you arrived?” Agree on a check-in method beforehand. A stale position alone does not establish whether someone has arrived.

Use Drivio Live Share for the drive view

Drivio Live Share is an optional Pro feature using CloudKit. Choose a public link or private invitations while parked. This guide does not promise a traffic-aware ETA from Drivio; use your navigation app when you need that estimate.

• Public share: anyone with the link can access it. Choose an end-with-trip session or a time limit.
• Private share: access is restricted to invited accounts. A session can remain open across drives and show a parked state between trips.

Use the Live Share controls guide for more detail on modes and session lifetime.

Check what happens when you arrive

Review My Shares rather than assuming parking ends every session. Stopping a session stops updates; deleting it removes its CloudKit records. Network conditions can delay changes reaching a viewer. Neither action can remove screenshots a recipient has already saved.

Agree on what to do if updates stop

A weak connection, a permission change, or a device issue can interrupt updates. Agree on a practical check-in before leaving, and avoid messaging or changing settings while driving. Live Share is not an emergency monitoring service.

If recording or sharing is not behaving as expected, see support. For data storage details, read the privacy checklist.