Life360: Family Safety & GPS

Life360 · Life360 is a family safety and location sharing app that keeps your people, pets, and things connected.

Native Android Lifestyle Life360
Bundle ID com.life360.android.safetymapd
Version analyzed 26.36.1
Build framework Native Android
SDKs detected 41
Analyzed 2026-10-03
Exploratory agent run

What Life360: Family Safety & GPS does

Life360 is a location-based family, group, and pet safety application that places important people, pets, and belongings on a shared map. It provides place-based notifications, automated collision alerts, missing-pet assistance, and account onboarding through a phone number, Google account, or an existing member invitation.

Observed on screen

  • Shared Location Map Displays Circle members, pets, and tracked belongings on a centralized map.
  • Place Alerts Sends notifications when Circle members arrive at or leave saved locations such as home.
  • Crash Detection Automatically detects potential vehicle collisions and notifies connected members with status updates.
  • Pet Safety Supports missing-pet alerts and enables nearby Life360 members to assist with recovery.
  • Circle Setup Allows users to create a new Circle or join one through an invitation.
  • Account Registration Supports sign-up using a phone number or Google account, with a separate sign-in path for existing users.

Written from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, not from the store listing. It covers only the screens that run reached, so anything behind a login, paywall or region lock is absent.

From manifest + Info.plist

Permissions requested 13 sensitive

50 permissions requested at runtime. Colors reflect platform sensitivity tier.

Camera sensitive

Take pictures and record video.

Make phone calls sensitive

Initiate a phone call without going through the dialer UI.

Approximate location sensitive

Access approximate location (network-based).

Precise location sensitive

Access exact location via GPS, cell, and Wi-Fi.

Background location restricted

Access location while the app is in the background.

Write storage sensitive

Write files to shared external storage. No-op for apps targeting Android 11+.

Scan for Bluetooth devices sensitive

Discover nearby Bluetooth devices.

Advertise over Bluetooth sensitive

Make the device discoverable to other Bluetooth devices.

Connect to Bluetooth devices sensitive

Connect to paired Bluetooth devices.

Post notifications sensitive

Post notifications to the system.

Read contacts sensitive

Read the user's contacts data.

Physical activity recognition sensitive

Recognize physical activity such as walking or cycling.

Microphone sensitive

Record audio from the microphone.

Change Wi-Fi state standard

Change Wi-Fi connectivity state.

NFC standard

Perform I/O over NFC.

Internet access standard

Open network sockets.

Network state standard

Read connectivity information.

Wi-Fi state standard

Read Wi-Fi connection information.

Wake lock standard

Keep the device awake.

Run at startup standard

Receive the BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast.

In-app billing standard

Use Google Play Billing for in-app purchases and subscriptions.

Vibrate standard

Control the vibrator.

REQUEST IGNORE BATTERY OPTIMIZATIONS standard
Foreground service standard

Run a foreground service.

Foreground service: location standard

Required for foreground services of type location.

Foreground service: data sync standard

Required for foreground services of type dataSync.

com.google.android.gms.permission.AD ID standard
Bluetooth (legacy) standard

Connect to paired Bluetooth devices on Android 11 and below.

Bluetooth admin (legacy) standard

Discover and pair Bluetooth devices on Android 11 and below.

DETECT SCREEN CAPTURE standard
POST PROMOTED NOTIFICATIONS standard
Foreground service: media playback standard

Required for foreground services of type mediaPlayback.

Do Not Disturb access standard

Read and write Do Not Disturb policy. User toggles in settings for full control.

com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY RECOGNITION standard
Schedule exact alarms standard

Schedule alarms that fire at an exact time. Granted from system settings; denied by default on Android 13+.

Foreground service: connected device standard

Required for foreground services of type connectedDevice.

READ USER DICTIONARY standard
Change network state standard

Change network connectivity state.

ACCESS ADSERVICES AD ID standard
ACCESS ADSERVICES ATTRIBUTION standard
ACCESS ADSERVICES TOPICS standard
Biometric authentication standard

Authenticate using biometric hardware.

Fingerprint authentication standard

Authenticate using fingerprint hardware.

com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND GET INSTALL REFERRER SERVICE standard
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE standard
High sampling rate sensors standard

Read sensor data at a sampling rate greater than 200 Hz.

com.amazon.privacypass.ATTEST standard
com.life360.android.safetymapd.DYNAMIC RECEIVER NOT EXPORTED PERMISSION standard
com.samsung.android.mapsagent.permission.READ APP INFO standard
com.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET COMMON DATA standard

Frequently asked questions

What FlyTrap detected inside Life360: Family Safety & GPS.

What does Life360: Family Safety & GPS do?

Life360 is a location-based family, group, and pet safety application that places important people, pets, and belongings on a shared map. It provides place-based notifications, automated collision alerts, missing-pet assistance, and account onboarding through a phone number, Google account, or an existing member invitation. This comes from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, so it covers only the screens that run reached.

What is Life360: Family Safety & GPS built with?

Life360: Family Safety & GPS by Life360 is built with Native Android. FlyTrap determined this by analyzing the app's compiled binary, not from anything the developer published.

What SDKs does Life360: Family Safety & GPS use?

FlyTrap detected 41 third-party SDKs inside Life360: Family Safety & GPS, including Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX and Coil. They span areas such as Ads, Imaging, Analytics and Push Notifications. The full list, grouped by category, is on this page.

What permissions does Life360: Family Safety & GPS request?

Life360: Family Safety & GPS requests 50 permissions. 13 of these are sensitive, such as Camera, Make phone calls and Approximate location. Each is listed above with its platform sensitivity tier.

Is Life360: Family Safety & GPS safe to use?

FlyTrap reports what an app contains, it does not issue a safety verdict. Life360: Family Safety & GPS requests 50 permissions (13 sensitive) and bundles 41 third-party SDKs. Reviewing those alongside the developer helps you decide what you are comfortable granting.

What platforms is Life360: Family Safety & GPS available on?

The version FlyTrap analyzed targets Android.