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Google's new app lets people know if you're safe when emergencies occur people immediately fear for the safety of friends and family located near that event Google introduced a new app called trusted contacts to share your location here's how it works you install the app on your phone and add the contacts with whom you are willing to share your location if one of those contacts requested a location your phone will show alert if you do not respond within five minutes the app will automatically send that contact your location if both you and your contact are using the app you'll see who has been active in the past 20 to 30 minutes if their battery is low you will see who was active within the last hour there's also the option to request a specific location additionally there's a mode that shares your location temporarily with a person for up to 24 hours that's a good feature to have when you're going to or coming from someplace that you're not too familiar with the trusted contact app is available on Android with an iOS version coming apple already has an app similar to this call to find my friends that shows your locations to iOS users Facebook also has a feature called safety check that allows a person to mark themselves as safe or not in the area of an emergency for more information check out cnet.com Amaya's act heart I'll see you online