Person icon in notification bar that quickly disappears

[Android Central Question]

I've been seeing an icon pop up in the notification bar of a man with ")))" to the right of it like it's supposed to be speaking or something. Trouble is, the icon only lasts 1-2 seconds and by the time I see it and swipe down to see what it is or what app it is from, it's gone. Anyone have an idea what this is?

 

[Brizzle L]

I figured it out, it's google location sharing updating your location. So whoever you share your location with on Google is checking your location.

How do you know they are checking our location? The same exact icon pops up on my phone at times too. I'm only aharing my location with my husband, who is currently sleeping next to me at 5:20 am. So i know he didn't just check my location.

 

[J Dubbs]

How do you know they are checking our location? The same exact icon pops up on my phone at times too. I'm only aharing my location with my husband, who is currently sleeping next to me at 5:20 am. So i know he didn't just check my location.

Google constantly tracks everywhere you go 24/7 with Google maps unless you go into your Google settings and "pause it". You also have to separately erase the past tracking history. It's called your "Timeline", you may occasionally get emails showing where you've traveled over the last 6 months to a year... that's how I realized mine was on by default.

 

[mustang7757]

How do you know they are checking our location? The same exact icon pops up on my phone at times too. I'm only aharing my location with my husband, who is currently sleeping next to me at 5:20 am. So i know he didn't just check my location.

Welcome to AC!

If you long press location in pull down notifications panel , location can be access by apps if you don't manually change it also 911 service can ping it or update in background so it can happen

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