Apple’s ecosystem just got a little bit less sticky thanks to Google’s location sharing app launching on iOS. Trusted Contacts was launched on Android in December, allowing friends and family to see and request your location — even when offline by showing your last known position. With its inclusion in both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, now anyone in the smartphone duopoly can keep track of their loved ones.

Trusted Contacts also received a few updates that benefit existing Android users. The app now lets users change the default time in which their location is shared after a request is made by a trusted contact. The previous default was five minutes, but now you can share immediately or with up to an hour delay. Google…

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