How to Share Your Live Location With Family Only While Driving

Share a drive with family using a public link or private invitations. Understand the session lifetime before you head out.

Choose the sharing mode before you leave

Drivio Live Share is an optional Pro feature using Apple’s CloudKit. Set it up while parked. Tell the other person what you are sharing and how long you intend to keep the session open.

Public links and private invitations

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

Do not assume every share stops when you park. Check its mode and lifetime in the app.

Stop updates or remove the record

Use My Shares to stop a session. Delete the session to remove its CloudKit records. Stopping and deleting are different actions. Network delays can affect when a viewer sees the change; stopping a share cannot erase screenshots or other information already saved by recipients.

Agree on a simple check-in

For a family trip, agree on who receives access and when you will end it. For a teen driver, make that agreement together. A stale location can reflect reception or device issues; live sharing is not an emergency monitoring service.

Review active sessions after arriving

Check My Shares after your drive, especially if you used a private session. For permissions, storage and controls, see support and the privacy policy.