Alongside the unveiling of its iPhone 4S at an event in Cupertino on October 4, Apple announced a brand new service called Find My Friends. Similar to Find My iPhone, Find My Friends allows you to see where you friends are based on the GPS location of their iOS device. Ahead of the launch of iOS 5 later today, Apple has made the Find My Friends application available, but you won’t find it in the App Store.
In order to download the application, you’ll need to visit iCloud.com on an iOS device, and then tap the link that says ‘Install Find My Friends’. You will then be taken to the App Store to download the app, but for some strange reason, you cannot download it directly from the App Store because it’s doesn’t appear when you search for it. Maybe this will change shortly, however.
Alternatively, you can download the app on your computer from here.
[via 9to5Mac]
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30 responses to “Apple Launches Find My Friends Ahead of iOS 5 Release, But You Won’t Find It In the App Store [Gallery]”
Sure. In the German App Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/de/app…
It’s on the AppStore now!
It’s available in the App Store!
Another reason you can’t download it is because iOS 5 hasn’t been released. I found it in the App Store and it says “Application Not Compatible. This application requires the iPhone 5.0 Software Update.”
kind of pointless to make an article about this app when you can’t get it yet due iOS 5 not being out yet
i can’t access the app without iOS 5 installed. thanks for the link though :D
It also requires you to already have iOS 5
Interestingly enough, the App says it’s not compatible with my iPad (Gen1 3G).
fyi, There are plenty of link to download the ipsw of iOS5 GM
fyi, There are plenty of link to download the ipsw of iOS5 GM
Worked for me,
I don’t need an app to tell me I’m Forever Alone.
Requires iOS 5. Thanks for the info, though.
that’s not the point. those are illegal at the moment and technically, no one has iOS 5 except developers.
the author is just being lazy.
Got it installed, nice
but realistically many people besides developers already have them. At least this post is informative for me.