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  • Flashing Green Circle- Find My

    From Capt'n Butler@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 27 13:00:00 2023
    What does the flashing green circle around a contact's location picture
    on Find My mean? The person is using a Verizon iPhone 11. Some say it
    means it's a Live View-- but the label says Now-- so that's not right.

    Others asy it means the location is determined by WiFi triangulation
    rather than GPS.

    Who knows?

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Capt'n Butler on Fri Oct 27 14:16:44 2023
    On 2023-10-27 13:00, Capt'n Butler wrote:
    What does the flashing green circle around a contact's location picture
    on Find My mean? The person is using a Verizon iPhone 11. Some say it
    means it's a Live View-- but the label says Now-- so that's not right.

    Others asy it means the location is determined by WiFi triangulation
    rather than GPS.

    Who knows?

    Flashing means "live" - a very new update.

    If the circle is large, it means low accuracy - probably due to cell
    tower trilateration or WiFi proximity w/o GPS.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Capt'n Butler on Fri Oct 27 20:36:15 2023
    On 2023-10-27, Capt'n Butler <rhett@tara.net> wrote:
    What does the flashing green circle around a contact's location
    picture on Find My mean? The person is using a Verizon iPhone 11. Some
    say it means it's a Live View-- but the label says Now-- so that's not
    right.

    It means "now" which also means the location is being updated "live" or
    very quickly.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Fri Oct 27 20:36:37 2023
    On 2023-10-27, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
    On 2023-10-27 13:00, Capt'n Butler wrote:
    What does the flashing green circle around a contact's location
    picture on Find My mean? The person is using a Verizon iPhone 11.
    Some say it means it's a Live View-- but the label says Now-- so
    that's not right.

    Others asy it means the location is determined by WiFi triangulation
    rather than GPS.

    Who knows?

    Flashing means "live" - a very new update.

    If the circle is large, it means low accuracy - probably due to cell
    tower trilateration or WiFi proximity w/o GPS.

    Correct.

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