INTRODUCTION

Using GPS in real time, the "Life360" app is built to helps people keep track of and
automatically locate where their family at any time. Life360 work both on web and mobile
application and it was referred as a "family-oriented private social network by Bloomberg
Businessweek. This app allow user to create their own group of people who matter most and
offer the option to track them in real time. With the use of advance technology, Life360 allows
users to share their locations, group message, and call for roadside assistance. For example,
family locator can be set up if parents want to check their children in a certain location, like
school or work. Moreover, location info is never shared with anyone else beyond those who
have permission to see it, and data is saved for later review which make this app is secure to
use. Users can download this free app in Android Google Store and App Store for iPhone user.

FEATURES

Life360 is a real time family locator with some handy unique features. These features
include location sharing, circles, places, and premium. Its primary usage is the location sharing.
By using this feature, users can open the app and see where other members are instantly. Also,
users can choose to share or not to share their location with any circle at any time.

Next features which Circles allows users to create separate groups within the app. For
instance, “caregivers,” “extended family,” and “Boy’s baseball team”. For security purpose,
users’ location is only visible to those who are also in the circle, and members in “caregivers”
cannot see the location of users in “extended family,” unless they are also in that circle. The
best part is users can exchange text messages or photos with the Circle members instantly.

Places in Life360 is a great tool to know when a family member are leaving for work
or just arrived at certain places. It allows user to define specific area, so the user is alerted when
Circle member enters or leaves a location. The example of place where you can set up are work,
home and school. With free plan, users can set up to two Places. To set up more Places, users
need to upgrade to the premium version. These premium versions will allow user to use extra
features include stolen phone insurance, access to a live advisor 24/7, unlimited creation of
“Places," and emergency roadside assistance.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Every apps that were created may have their pro and cons to the users. Being launched
in 2011, Life360 family locator has certainty become one of the most downloaded tracking
apps in both Android and Apple store. But later this app quickly appeared to be out-dated
considering growing competitor in the mobile market. Life360 offers a reliable service and has
a set of some basic features which can also be found in any other typical location service. The
idea to let users keep in touch with real-time location of the tracked device has been imitated
and improved by another competitor such as Fameelee and Google Locator where they offered
more advanced features and better technology.

Life360 can be run in major mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. But on the
other hand, it appears to be not compatible with another operating system like Blackberry or
Windows Phone. Recent locator apps are mostly built as friendly users which allow them to
work on any mobile platforms thus makes Life360 left behind.

Moreover, Life360 provides GPS location to help people checks on their family which
is very helpful for most users to make sure their family are safe and sound. Although its offer
great features, when it comes in real time location and tracking, the apps found to be less
accurate. Some users have rated this apps five out of ten for their services which make it less
considerable to most users now.

HOW TO USE
A guidance on how to use the app is provided on the start-up page when you finished
download the app. These guidelines are designed to help user to perform the app. First you can
find the Life360 app in Google or iOs store, and when you agree with the rules and regulation
you may download it to your device. As per below describes steps by steps on how to prepare
the app and fully use it. You can ollow these steps to turn on Safe Drive Reviews for your
Circle Members:

Step 1: Enable Drive Detection for yourself

 Launch Life360
  Tap Settings in the menu
 Tap Driving Analysis
 Drag the button right until it turns green

Step 2: Enable Drive Detection for your Circle members

 Follow Step 1 above on each Circle member’s phone
 Each of their buttons must be green on their phones in order to
be detected
 If ‘Drive Detection Paused’ is listed, this Circle member has not enabled their Drive
Detection

Step 3: Receive notifications after your Circle members’ drives

 Tap Driving in the menu
 Drag the button right until it turns green to turn on notifications for a Circle member
 Drag the button left until it turns white to turn off notifications for a Circle member

Step 4: View Safe Drive Reviews

 Tap on a Circle member to view their History
 Drives are marked separately from trips, ex: “7 mi Drive”. Scroll through History to
view 30 days of trips and drives
 Click on a particular Drive to view its Safe Drive Review. Events will be clickable on
the map and listed at the bottom. They are listed with time and location of each instance.

CONCLUSION
Life360 has make it possible for parents to know where their children are at all times
and simply stay connected with them. It helps most family to make sure their family’s members
are harmless and avoid from getting lost. Family locator apps such as Life360 ensure parents
to have peace of mind without worrying on their children safety. Although Life360 app is easy
to use, it comes with a fair share of limitations. Nevertheless, Life360 runs on your mobile
device to allow you to view your family members on a map, communicate with them, and
receive alerts when your loved ones arrive at home, school or work at any time.