Manage your Pixel phone’s location settings

• Apps with location permission can access your device's location to give you location-based info, services, or ads. Learn how to manage location permissions for apps.
• If Location Accuracy (also known as Google Location Services) is on, Location Accuracy can collect data to improve location accuracy and location-based services. Learn about Location Accuracy.
• You can get search results based on your device's location, if your app and browser permissions allow it. Learn how to manage your location when you search on Google.
• You can locate where your device is if you lose it. Learn about Find My Device.
• You can share your device's location with others. Learn about Location Sharing with Google Maps and how to send your location in an emergency.
• You can get earthquake alerts for nearby earthquakes. Learn about earthquake alerts. 
• If you have location for time zone enabled, your device can use your location to determine your time zone. Learn about location for time zone.
• If you have Location History turned on, your precise device location is regularly saved to your devices and Google’s servers, even when Google apps aren’t being used. You can always review your Location History, or change how long you keep it, by visiting activity.google.com or your Timeline. Learn about Location History.

• Your device's location isn't shared with any apps. Features that use location may not work properly.
• Location Accuracy won’t collect data to improve location accuracy or location-based services. Learn about Location Accuracy.
• You can get search results and ads based on information such as your IP address. Learn how to manage your location when you search on Google.
• You may not be able to locate where your device is if you lose it. Learn about Find My Device.
• You can’t share your device's location with anyone via Google Maps. Learn about Location Sharing with Google Maps.
• Emergency location services or your mobile carrier can still automatically send your device's location to emergency responders when you call or text an emergency number. Learn about emergency location services. 
• You can’t get earthquake alerts for earthquakes nearby.  Learn about earthquake alerts. 
• Your device won’t be able to use location to determine your time zone.  Learn about location for time zone.
• Even if you have Timeline turned on, the places your phone goes won’t be saved. Learn about Timeline.
• Apps with the nearby devices permission can still determine the relative position of connected devices.  learn how to turn on the Nearby devices permissions.

When Location Accuracy is on, your device uses these sources to get the most accurate location, which may include elevation or floor level:

• Wireless signals, if available, such as:
  • GPS
  • Wi-Fi
  • Mobile cellular networks
• Sensors, if available, such as:
  • Accelerometer
  • Barometer
  • Gyroscope

This can be especially important if you’re using your device indoors or when GPS satellites are obscured, because in those situations devices need to use additional signals to be able to estimate their location. Apps and services with the appropriate permissions can use this location to provide you with location-based features.

When your device’s Location Accuracy is off:

• When available, only GPS and device sensors, such as accelerometer, barometer, and gyroscope, will be used to determine your device’s location, which may impact the availability and accuracy of locations for apps and services such as Google Maps and finding a lost device.
• Wireless signals and sensor data are not collected by the Location Accuracy service. However, emergency location services or your mobile carrier can still automatically send your device’s location enhanced by Location Accuracy to emergency responders when you call or text an emergency number.