{"id":15258826,"date":"2026-08-17T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/find-people-is-rolling-out-on-wear-os-but-its-not-for-finding-people\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:33:30","slug":"find-people-is-rolling-out-on-wear-os-but-its-not-for-finding-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/find-people-is-rolling-out-on-wear-os-but-its-not-for-finding-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Find people is rolling out on Wear OS, but it\u2019s not for finding people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3605469 noname size-full aa-img\" title=\"google pixel watch 4 app grid launcher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/google-pixel-watch-4-app-grid-launcher.jpg\" alt=\"Find people arrives on Wear OS\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" data-attachment-id=\"3605469\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"aa-img-source-credit\">\n<div class=\"aa-img-source-and-credit full\">\n<div class=\"aa-img-credit text-right\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Rita El Khoury \/ Android Authority<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aa_tldr_text\" style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;padding: 10px\"><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google is rolling out Find people to the Find Hub app on Wear OS.<\/li>\n<li>The watch shows who can see your location, but you still have to start sharing from your phone.<\/li>\n<li>On an LTE watch, your location can keep being shared even if you leave your phone behind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>Google\u2019s new Find people feature for Wear OS looks pretty limited at first glance. You can\u2019t use your watch to start sharing your location, and you can\u2019t pull up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/cant-trust-google-maps-audio-3629878\/\">map<\/a> showing where someone else is. But that\u2019s because the feature doesn\u2019t really seem intended to work both ways. Its more useful job is letting other people keep track of you when your phone isn\u2019t around.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AA poll list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"aa-poll-custom\">\n<li><a href=\"\/find-hub-people-wear-os-rollout-3699562\/?polls=true&amp;pollid=3691526&amp;pollchoice=1&amp;pollvote=true\" class=\"aa-poll-choice\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/find-hub-people-wear-os-rollout-3699562\/?polls=true&amp;pollid=3691526&amp;pollchoice=2&amp;pollvote=true\" class=\"aa-poll-choice\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/find-hub-people-wear-os-rollout-3699562\/?polls=true&amp;pollid=3691526&amp;pollchoice=3&amp;pollvote=true\" class=\"aa-poll-choice\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/find-hub-people-wear-os-rollout-3699562\/?polls=true&amp;pollid=3691526&amp;pollchoice=4&amp;pollvote=true\" class=\"aa-poll-choice\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/08\/17\/find-hub-people-wear-os\/\"><em>9to5Google<\/em> <\/a>spotted, Find people is now appearing on Wear OS as part of Find Hub, and the watch app handles most of the setup elsewhere. If you haven\u2019t already configured location sharing, it will simply show an \u201cOpen on phone\u201d button. Once you start sharing your location with someone through Find Hub on your phone, that person then appears on the watch under \u201cCan see your location,\u201d along with how long the sharing session will last. This uses Google\u2019s existing Location Sharing system, the same underlying setup when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-find-my-device-people-tested-3538619\/\">people tracking<\/a> arrived in Find My Device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/find-hub-people-wear-os-rollout-3699562\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech &#8211; Android Authority<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s more about letting them find 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