iOS 6 is officially out and we're sure you're busy maxing out your Internet connections trying to download it. If you've already installed iOS 6 and you're looking for new and interesting ways to stalk your friends, you're in luck. Apple has released an updated version of its Find Friends app along with the release of iOS 6, which not only improves upon the UI to make the app more usable, it also allows you to set up alerts for when your friends come and go—from anywhere.
The Find Friends app and service was first launched with iOS 5 in October of 2011. Essentially acting as Apple's version of Google Latitude, Find Friends allows iOS device users to look up and track the geographic locations of other iOS-device-using people. This comes in handy when you're planning a get-together with family or friends, or you simply like to know where someone is during the day (such as your school-aged child). Both sides of the "friendship" need to be confirmed before Apple allows you to follow another user, and there are some privacy controls that allow you to temporarily block access to your location.
No longer is there a separate map view and friends list. The two are now overlaid onto the same screen, but the friend list disappears when you tap on a person's name to zoom in.
With the latest version of Find Friends, it's mostly the interface that has changed. Apple has revised the app so that your friends list pops up over the bottom of a generalized map view (instead of separating them onto different screens)—anytime you tap on a specific friend, the map will zoom in on that person; when you tap to go back, it slides the friend list back up from the bottom.
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