Find My LIVE no longer works for IOS 15.8.3

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Find My LIVE no longer works for IOS 15.8.3

Both my husband and I have iPhone7 with IOS 15.8.3. Since the new IOS 18 came out for others that can use that the LIVE function on Find My no longer works for us. I finds one another but no LIVE. I have tried un-sharing, stopped and started family sharing. All location sharing settings are on-shut them off and back on. Oddly, I have one friend who has a newer iPhone that location shared with me DOES have LIVE on my phone but not each other on the older iPhone 7. Is this feature no longer available to iPhone IOS 15.8.3 users?

iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Oct 10, 2024 4:16 AM

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oldbobjr Author

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Oct 10, 2024 1:33 PM in response to oldbobjr

As additional information, after it finds the person it will only update the location every like 3 minutes but never on LIVE. I have also driven to other parts of town where I guarantee 5 bars on Verizon and it behaves the same..my husband and I cannot get the Find My to go LIVE.

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oldbobjr Author

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Oct 18, 2024 9:07 AM in response to oldbobjr

So it does seem this feature is no longer available to IOS 15.8.3 users. If I add a person that has a newer IOS the LIVE works but not for any older IOS users. Diplorable that Apple forces you to spend $1000 on new phone to continue all its features. There are lots of offers for free phones but not if you are older or have only 2 phones so I guess our generation is out of Apple wanted reach.

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