Famio: Family Locator helps families share and view their locations through a private network of selected relatives and loved ones. Its GPS location tracking tools bring location information, group controls, movement history, and notifications together in one place.
Family location sharing
The app lets users choose who can access their location data rather than sharing it with everyone. Family members can be organized into groups, making it easier to manage location visibility and monitor the people included in each group.
This setup can support different family arrangements, including parents keeping track of children and teens while they are away from home. The source describes the app as a way to quickly locate family members and stay digitally connected when they are in different places.
Movement history and phone location
Famio: Family Locator records movement history so users can retrace a family member's steps. This provides a view of previous movements rather than only the person's current location. The app also includes a tool for locating a phone if it has been lost or stolen.
Battery and location alerts
Users can enable notifications about low phone battery levels for family members. These alerts can make it easier to notice when a phone may soon stop providing location information.
Location-based notifications can also be set for specific places, such as home or school. When a family member arrives at or leaves one of those locations, the app can send an alert. Together with group assignment and controlled location sharing, these settings provide a way to organize family location information around selected people and places.
Parent controls
The app includes additional parent control features for monitoring children and teens. These controls are presented alongside GPS tracking, location history, battery notifications, and arrival or departure alerts, allowing families to use several types of location information within the same app.