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Pathshare GPS Location Sharing on Windows Pc

Developed By: freshbits GmbH

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 248 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.0.8
Size 6.1 MB
Release Date December 09, 22
Category Social Apps

App Permissions:
Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (9)]

What's New:
+ Fix location background tracking issuesHint: For Android 10+, please go to app settings > permissions > location and tap on “Allow all the time” if you... [see more]

Description from Developer:
ABOUT PATHSHARE

Pathshare is a beautiful app that helps you share your path in realtime. It was designed to be simple to use and make realtime location sharing a safe experience.... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Pathshare GPS Location Sharing and install on Windows PC. Pathshare GPS Location Sharing is free Social app, developed by freshbits GmbH. Latest version of Pathshare GPS Location Sharing is 2.0.8, was released on 2022-12-09 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Pathshare GPS Location Sharing is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 248 users, 34 users had rated it 5*, 128 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Pathshare GPS Location Sharing on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Pathshare GPS Location Sharing on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Pathshare GPS Location Sharing on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Pathshare GPS Location Sharing using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Pathshare GPS Location Sharing" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Pathshare GPS Location Sharing on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Pathshare GPS Location Sharing" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.0.8.

Download Pathshare GPS Location Sharing 2.0.8 on Windows PC – 6.1 MB

ABOUT PATHSHARE

Pathshare is a beautiful app that helps you share your path in realtime. It was designed to be simple to use and make realtime location sharing a safe experience. With Pathshare, you can easily setup a session with your friends and share your location for a defined period of time. You and only you are in control of for how long you want to be seen by other participants! And there is more: Pathshare will automatically stop sharing your location when the defined time expires. That’s safe and easy!

** Best New App on Android Police **
** Featured on CNN and many Tech Blogs **
** Received Quality Label Swiss Made Software **

WHEN TO USE PATHSHARE

Share your realtime location the next time you are
• on a night out with friends
• stuck in a traffic jam and late for dinner
• on your way home: no texting while driving!
• heading to a professional meeting and want to make your business partner aware of your arrival
• want to know your kids are safe at school
• shopping with the girls and lost them in the mall
• skiing or snowboarding in a group and want to join on the other slopes
• in an emergency situation and want to let help find the exact location

PATHSHARE IS REALTIME LOCATION SHARING

• It's fast, it's realtime
• It's safe
• It's exceptionally easy to use
• You control how long you're sharing and when Pathshare stops automatically
• Pathshare runs on your Android device, your iPhone and your web browser

HOW DOES IT WORK?

• Tap on the round button to start sharing your location. It's as simple as that!
• To actually share your location, you need to enable your phone's location services and allow Pathshare to use them.
• Please allow Pathshare to read your address book so that you can share your location with your friends from within the app.
• Choose a time duration you want to share your location for. Pathshare will automatically stop sharing your location after this time expires.
• Send the invitation as a link via your favourite messaging app.
• Join a session by accepting the invitation you received from your friends. Simply tap on the link within the text message.
• Watch your friends move on the map in real time. See their speed. See their motion activity.
• Select a session participant from a session list to zoom to their location.
• Switch to satellite view.
• Zoom to all participants.
• Read notifications about nearby participants, session joins and leaves.

MAIN FEATURES

• Realtime location sharing: Let your friends see you moving on the map in realtime.
• Group sessions: Share your path with an entire group from your address book.
• Device independent: Run Pathshare on iOS or Android - or in a web browser on any phone or computer and watch your friends even if you don't have the app installed.
• Safety included with active duration control: No location sharing after you left the session or it has expired.
• Security enabled: All data is transmitted over SSL, which is the same protocol as your bank uses for its e-banking services.
• Simple usage: Easy to set up with no accounts required. Automatically runs in background.
• Notifications: You get notified when other participants join or leave a session, and when they are nearby.
• Global availability: Pathshare can be used at any location with GPS and data connection. People all over the globe use it since it is available in all app stores. The app already features English and German with many more languages to come.

REQUIRED PERMISSIONS

• Location services: To let you share your location with your friends.
• Access network and internet: To connect to our servers.
• Storage access: To save user and current locations of participants on phone.
• Activity recognition: To show participants your motion activity type.
• Identity, notifications, vibrations, wake lock: To let you know about nearby participants via notifications.
+ Fix location background tracking issues

Hint: For Android 10+, please go to app settings > permissions > location and tap on “Allow all the time” if you want to use location tracking in the background.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows an application to read from external storage.