How to Track Someone with Google Maps Without Their Knowledge

 

 

There are many instances when one may need to identify the location of other people without them knowing using Google Maps and other similar apps. Many things may happen that may necessitate the need to use this technology. For instance, you may need to know the location of a cheating partner. You may have lost your phone and want to know its precise location. Your phone may have been stolen and you want to locate and subsequently recover it.  These are some of the scenarios which will make someone use tracking features or apps on the phone to identify locations. Google  Maps is the major tracking feature that is incorporated in mobile phone devices intended to serve this purpose. In some instances, this feature is used in connection with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.

While there are tracking methods that solely rely on GPS  or the use of this technology in connection with tracking apps to pinpoint the location of people, this write-up will discuss the use of Google Maps to identify a location. Moreover, as already implied in the opening line and the main heading, our focus is on the use of Google Maps without our targets actually knowing that they are being tracked. It is important to note that, though Google Maps is an app, it can double as an inbuilt tracking feature in almost all cell phones. Whatever the case what matters is that the devices in question are using Google Maps as a tracking tool.

Using Google Maps as cellphone tracking tool

This method requires having access to the target’s cellphone to make the required settings before tracking them. Tracking can also be done by viewing the location history of someone using Google Maps.

 

Tracking by making Google Maps settings

You should do the following to enable tracking on the device using this method

1. Start by opening Google Maps on the cellphone you want to track
2. Click on the menu and select “Share Location”
3. Set or select the time period for which the target cellphone will be under surveillance
4. Click on people and choose your target contact to enable location sharing. Take note that location can also be shared through any messaging app.

Pros of using settings method

1.   It is free of charge
2. It is very precise and gives accurate location details
3. The method is simple to use
4. Target phone can be tracked once settings have been enabled on your phone 

Cons of using settings method

1. Notification pop-ups may alert the targets that someone is tracking them
2. Passcode and direct access are needed to get the real-time location of a phone  

 

Tracking by viewing location history

To view the location history of a gadget, follow the steps outlined below:

1.  Launch Google Maps on the gadget whose owner you want to follow
2. Select “Your Timeline” from the menu
3. On the right side of the phone screen tap on the calendar icon
4. Select a date whose location history you want to view by swiping right and left
5. Select and tap on the date you want to check

Pros of using history method

1.  The method is free of charge too
2. It is very precise and gives accurate location details
3. The method is simple to use

Cons of using history method

1.  Notification pop-ups may alert the targets that someone is tracking them
2. You need a passcode and direct access to get the real-time location of the phone  
3. You need to have regular access to the phone