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Map Location & Privacy Settings

Manage your location sharing and troubleshoot common map issues

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🚀 First Time Setup

When opening the Map for the first time, you'll need to grant certain permissions for the best experience:

  1. Allow the app to access your device's location while using the app (required)

  2. Allow location access "All the time" (optional, but improves performance)

  3. Set no restrictions for energy saving (optional, but improves performance)

🔧 Managing Your Location

You can share or hide your live location with friends. If you hide your location, friends won't see you on the map, but you can still enjoy all the rewards in Spots and Coins around you.

⚙️ To adjust your location settings:

  • Click the toggle on the map menubar ⚙️ or go to map settings → "Privacy"

  • Choose your precision level, so friends see an approximate location

  • Select which friends can see your location:

    • All my friends

    • Certain people

    • All my friends except...

🔍 Troubleshooting Can't see friends on the map?

  • Try closing and reopening the app

  • Check if they're hiding their location

📍 Can't see yourself or map not working?

Go to your phone settings and ensure Macadam location is set to 'Always share' with 'precise location' enabled. If these steps don't resolve the problem, our support team is here to help : How to contact Macadam Customer Support?

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