178  Google Apps

Connecting with your friends

Tap a friend’s contact details balloon in map view or tap a friend in list view to open the friend’s profile. In the profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options.

Options

Description

 

 

Show on map

Find a friend’s location on the map.

 

 

Chat using Google

Send an instant message. Google Talk opens a chat

Talk

window with that friend.

 

 

Send email

Send an email. Gmail opens an email addressed to that

 

friend.

 

 

Get directions

Get directions to the friend’s location.

 

 

Sharing options

Select from the following:

 

• Best available location. Share your precise location

 

information.

 

• Share only city level location. Share only the city you

 

are in, not the street-level location. Your friend can

 

see your photo icon in the middle of the city you are

 

in. To share more precise location again, tap Best

 

available location.

 

• Hide from this friend. Stop sharing your location with

 

this friend, in a list or on a map.

 

 

Remove this friend

Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing

 

locations with him or her altogether.

 

 

Changing privacy settings

You have control over how and when you can be found by your friends. Only the last location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account. If you turn off Latitude or are hiding, no location is stored.

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HTC 200 manual Connecting with your friends, Changing privacy settings