Find & manage your child's location

You can change your child's Android and compatible Fitbit device location settings. If certain location settings are turned on, you can find the location of your child's Android device or compatible Fitbit device in the Family Link app.

Find your child's device

Tip: It might take some time to find your child's device location.

Change your child's location settings

Important: To find your child's Android and compatible Fitbit device location in the Family Link app, you must first set up location sharing. Learn how to set up location sharing.

Get the most accurate location of your child’s device

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Tap Location.
3. Select your child.
4. At top right, tap More Location settings.
   • If you use an iPhone or iPad, tap More Location settings.
5. Select your child’s device.
6. Turn on Location Accuracy or High Accuracy.

Set up a family place

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Location Family places New place.
4. Enter a new address into the search box.
5. Select the correct address from the auto-populated results.
6. Name the new location in the “Location label” text box.
7. Tap Save.

Tips:

• You can select Add school or Add home to add known locations easily.
• You can't create multiple family places for locations with the same address.
• You can't create multiple family places for addresses that are too close together.

Set up location notifications

Important: To set up a location notification, you must first:

• Set up a family place.
• Turn on Location Accuracy or High Accuracy location mode.
• Location notifications will be turned off if location accuracy is off.

1. Open the Family Link app .
2. Select your child.
3. Tap Location Family places.
4. Select the location you want to add a notification to.
5. Turn Arrives on or off.
6. Turn Leaves on or off.

Tip: Use these alerts to track when your child leaves or arrives at a location.

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