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It’s almost our favorite holiday of the year at the Life360 office: Halloween! From costumes to candy and pumpkin spiced lattes to spooky decorations, we pull out all the stops. We know how fun this time of year can be, but we also know the worries that come from letting your family have their freedom […]

Starting today, users can now receive family location notifications through their Alexa-enabled devices. Our newly launched skill for Alexa (beta) is among the first to offer opt-in notifications for Alexa, enabling families to ask for real-time updates sharing loved ones’ whereabouts and to receive alerts that family members have arrived or departed designated places like […]

Apple’s new iOS11 comes with new features and changes. Some of these changes will directly affect Life360, and we’ve been working for months to ensure that everything works seamlessly when you and your family update your devices. That being said, we’ve written down a couple of key things that you should know regarding the update […]

This month we saw the devastation that occurred in many parts of the world brought on by natural disasters: Hurricane Harvey and Irma in the US, floods in South Asia, and the recent earthquake in Mexico. They all contributed to very dangerous situations for local residents. While there is nothing worse than a family trying […]

It’s almost that time of year, when kids go back to school, new teen drivers hit the streets and college students start packing for their new dorms. As parents, we’re equally relieved, excited and anxious that our kids are starting the new school year! In fact, we find that it’s one of the most active […]

Today we are very excited to launch Life360 Driver Protect in the UK! Driver Protect is a new subscription service that provides peace of mind to families on the road. The service uses your smartphone to automatically detect distracted driving events, providing you and your family with actionable safety insights about their driving habits. The idea […]

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and Life360 wants to call attention to the bad habits many of us have with distracted driving-such as eating food while driving, texting while driving, and looking through music to play while driving. We have unlocked the Driver Protect feature-Safe Drive Reviews- for all of our US users so that […]

April is observed as Distracted Driving Awareness Month by the National Safety Council. To help raise awareness and encourage discussion about safe driving habits, we will be sharing a number of resources throughout the month – here on our blog and on the Life360 Facebook page. The National Safety Council estimates that more than 40,000 […]

Do you like getting first access to brand new features? Are you excited to help Life360 build the best app we can? Join our Life360 Beta Program! As a beta tester, you receive an early version of Life360 not yet available in the App Store or in Google Play. That means you get to see […]

Why Does Life360 Ask Me To Turn on Wi-Fi? You may have received a push notification from Life360 telling you that your friend or family-member arrived at home or work, but telling you that to improve their location accuracy, they should turn on Wi-Fi.  That’s strange, isn’t it?  What does Wi-Fi have to do with […]

Life360 introduces it’s most exciting, new feature: Driving Driving is now available for Life360 Circle members. This new feature allows members to view detailed information about how their friends and family behave while driving. Each drive gives a detailed view including: Top Speed Know how fast your loved ones are driving Detailed Drive Routes View […]

Thanksgiving is the biggest travel day of the year for long distance trips, and nearly 9 out of 10 of those trips will be by car. The amount of travelers in 2016 hasn’t been this high since 2007! That’s a lot of cars on the road, and when you’re looking forward to eating your fried, […]