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Family Beacon
Yerevan, Armenia
What it is
Family Beacon provides family location sharing through an Android app and web map. Users choose specific Gmail addresses to share with and can revoke access at any time. The map shows live markers, movement trails, last-seen times, and battery levels; an SOS button alerts everyone on the sender's share list through the app and web map. Location updates use ECIES with P-256 and AES-256-GCM encryption separately for each recipient device, and private keys are generated and stored only on user devices. Ordinary location ciphertext is deleted after 48 hours, while SOS alerts are deleted after seven days. Movement history can remain locally on a phone for up to 14 days; when shared history is enabled, it is retained on the server for about three months. Google Sign-In is the only sign-in method. Premium adds messaging, allowed family-history viewing, sharing with more than 10 people, Safe Zones, speed, battery and nearby alerts, phone ringing, and activity summaries. The service says it has no advertising or analytics SDKs, does not sell data, and does not track non-users. It is designed for families, including children whose phones are set up by a parent or guardian.
For and against
For
- Share access can be revoked at any time.
- Map includes live markers, trails, last-seen times, and battery levels.
- SOS alerts everyone on the sender’s share list.
- Private keys are generated and stored on user devices.
- No advertising or analytics SDKs, according to the service.
Against
- Google Sign-In is the only sign-in method.
- Ordinary location ciphertext is deleted after 48 hours.
- Shared history is retained on the server for about three months.
The verdict
Family Beacon combines live family location sharing with an SOS function and controls for choosing recipients. Its history retention differs between local phone history and enabled shared history.
Who it suits
Family Beacon is designed for families who want to share location with selected Gmail contacts. It also suits parents or guardians setting up a child’s phone for family sharing.
Plans and prices
Free
live location sharing · SOS
Read 1 Oct 2026 · familybeacon.oonak.ai
On the record
- Audience
- Family Beacon is designed for families, including children whose phones are set up by a parent or guardian.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Ordinary location ciphertext is deleted after 48 hours and SOS alerts after 7 days.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- End-to-end encryption
- Location updates use ECIES with P-256 and AES-256-GCM encryption separately for each recipient device.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- History limit
- A private movement history is kept locally on the phone for up to 14 days, while enabled shared history is retained on the server for about 3 months.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Activity summaries can send locally generated plain-language facts directly from the phone to Anthropic, without coordinates or addresses.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Live map
- The map shows live markers, movement trails, last-seen times and battery levels.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Premium features
- Premium unlocks messaging, allowed family-history viewing, sharing with more than 10 people, Safe Zones, speed, battery and nearby alerts, phone ringing and activity summaries.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Privacy practices
- The service has no advertising or analytics SDKs, does not sell data and does not track non-users.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Family Beacon provides private live family location sharing through an Android app and web map.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security transport
- Server communication uses HTTPS and WSS, and private keys are generated and stored only on user devices.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Sharing control
- Users share with specific Gmail addresses and can revoke sharing at any time.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Sign-in
- Google Sign-In is the only sign-in method and requests only basic identity scopes.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- SOS
- The SOS button alerts everyone on the sender's share list through the app and web map.familybeacon.oonak.ai · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Google Play listing provides [email protected] as the support email.play.google.com · read 1 Oct 2026
