{"version":"1.0","metadata":{"name":"WheresNow AI Data Feed","description":"Machine-readable directory of WheresNow family safety features, safety guides, and industry solutions.","lastUpdated":"2026-07-08T10:59:11.789Z","publisher":"WheresNow","license":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)"},"content":{"features":[{"id":"real-time-tracker","title":"Real-Time Family GPS Tracker","tagline":"See exactly where your family is, right now — live.","summary":"WheresNow's Real-Time Family GPS Tracker gives parents and guardians continuous, live visibility of every family member's whereabouts — without the anxiety of waiting for a reply to a text message. Built on a combination of high-accuracy GPS, cellular triangulation, and Wi-Fi positioning, the tracker delivers location updates in near real-time, so the map you see reflects where your family actually is right now, not where they were several minutes ago.\n\nThe tracker is designed with battery efficiency as a priority. An intelligent background-refresh algorithm balances update frequency against device battery consumption, meaning your child's phone won't arrive home on 2% just because you were tracking their commute. Multiple map layers — satellite, terrain, and standard — let you switch context depending on whether a family member is navigating an urban area or a hiking trail.\n\nPrivacy and trust are central to how WheresNow approaches tracking. Every member of a circle can always see who is viewing their location. There is no silent, hidden tracking — the platform is built on the principle that location sharing should be consensual and transparent. Parents monitor children openly; teenagers know the arrangement. This transparency builds trust rather than eroding it.\n\nWhether you're waiting for a teenager to drive home after a late night out, checking that an elderly parent has arrived safely at their appointment, or simply coordinating family logistics, the Real-Time GPS Tracker turns anxiety into clarity — one live location update at a time.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/features/real-time-tracker"},{"id":"location-history","title":"30-Day Family Location History","tagline":"Rewind time — see every route, stop, and journey your family made.","summary":"The WheresNow 30-Day Location History feature transforms raw GPS data into a meaningful, searchable record of every place your family has been over the past month. Rather than relying on memory or asking your children where they went after school, you can open the timeline and see the exact route taken, the speed travelled at each segment, and how long they paused at specific locations.\n\nThe interactive timeline is built for clarity. Scrub back to any day in the last 30 days and the map draws the complete journey as a visual path, colour-coded by speed. Stop markers indicate where a family member paused and for how long — so you can distinguish between a quick red-light stop and an unexpected 45-minute detour. This level of detail is invaluable when you need to verify whereabouts after an incident or simply want to understand daily patterns without intrusive check-in calls.\n\nFor families with teenage drivers, location history provides quiet accountability. Rather than demanding explanations, parents can review driving behaviour — speeds, routes, unfamiliar stops — and use that context to start informed conversations. For families caring for elderly relatives, the history log offers reassurance that usual routines are being followed.\n\nData can be exported as CSV or PDF for personal records, insurance claims, or in rare cases where accurate route data needs to be provided to authorities. Location history is stored securely per member and older entries are archived automatically after 30 days, keeping your storage footprint lean while preserving the information window that matters most.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/features/location-history"},{"id":"circle-groups","title":"Private Family Location Circles","tagline":"Create private groups and share your location only with people you trust.","summary":"WheresNow's Private Family Location Circles let you organise exactly who sees your location and under what conditions — giving you the structure of a family safety app without sacrificing personal privacy. A circle is a closed group where every member shares their location only with the other people inside that circle. You control who is invited, who can see what, and who holds admin rights.\n\nThe real power of circles is their flexibility. You might have one circle for your immediate family, another for the school carpool group, and a third for a group of close friends you travel with regularly. Each circle has its own independent settings, so the permissions you grant your spouse are completely separate from those you grant your children or colleagues. Per-member permission controls let you decide, for each individual, whether they can see your live location, browse your location history, or view your device details.\n\nAdding new members is fast and frictionless. Share a link, display a QR code, or enter a phone number — and a new member can join in seconds. Circle admins can manage membership at any time, remove members, or update permissions as family arrangements change.\n\nFor small businesses and field teams, circles provide a lightweight way to monitor staff in the field without needing a dedicated enterprise platform. Whether coordinating deliveries, managing carers, or supervising remote field workers, the same circle architecture that keeps families connected adapts naturally to small team workflows.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/features/circle-groups"},{"id":"global-chat","title":"Multilingual Family Location Chat","tagline":"Message your family in their language — with your live location built in.","summary":"WheresNow's Multilingual Family Location Chat bridges the communication gap for families spread across different countries, generations, and languages. Rather than switching between a separate messaging app and a GPS tracker, the chat is built directly into the WheresNow circle — so location context and conversation happen in the same place, at the same time.\n\nThe feature currently supports eight languages: English, Sinhala, Tamil, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Arabic. This multilingual approach is deliberate — many families include grandparents or relatives abroad who are most comfortable communicating in their mother tongue. WheresNow makes it possible for a teenager in London to message their grandmother in Colombo in a language she actually reads fluently.\n\nLocation commands are deeply integrated into the chat experience. A simple command instantly embeds your current GPS coordinates as a live, tappable pin inside the conversation — eliminating the need to screenshot a map or try to describe where you are in text. When meeting up with someone in an unfamiliar place, this feature alone saves significant time and confusion.\n\nPhotos, voice notes, and location pins can all be shared within the chat alongside standard text messages, and read receipts confirm when each circle member has seen your message — providing the same assurance you'd expect from a modern messaging platform. Emergency alerts sent from the distress feature also surface inside the circle chat, ensuring that any urgent message reaches every member immediately and is not buried in a separate notification.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/features/global-chat"},{"id":"location-diary","title":"Automatic Family Location Diary","tagline":"An automated journal of every place your family visits — hands-free.","summary":"The WheresNow Automatic Family Location Diary turns the continuous stream of GPS data into a private, meaningful journal — entirely hands-free. Every place a family member visits is automatically logged, categorised, and presented in a clean daily timeline without requiring any manual input. Think of it as a personal travel log that writes itself.\n\nVisited places are categorised automatically as home, work, school, or custom labels you define. The app detects when a member arrives at or leaves a location, records the duration of each visit, and tracks how frequently specific places are revisited. Over time, this builds a rich picture of daily and weekly routines — useful for spotting schedule changes, confirming that a child is attending school, or understanding how regularly an elderly relative leaves the house.\n\nDaily and weekly smart summaries present this information at a glance without requiring you to scroll through raw data. A Sunday summary might show that a family member visited a new location mid-week or spent significantly less time at home than usual — helping you stay connected to routines without intrusive oversight.\n\nAll diary entries are private by default. Only the account holder can read their own diary, and personal notes attached to specific places are visible only to them. This privacy-first design means the diary is genuinely personal — a space to attach memories, record thoughts about a place, or simply review your week — rather than a surveillance tool. If a member chooses to share a particular entry with the circle, that sharing is explicit and deliberate.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/features/location-diary"}],"industries":[{"id":"family-safety","title":"Family Safety Solutions","description":"Keep your loved ones safe with real-time location intelligence.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/industries/family-safety"},{"id":"elderly-care","title":"Elderly Care & Senior Safety","description":"Support independent living for seniors with discreet safety monitoring.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/industries/elderly-care"},{"id":"logistics-and-teams","title":"Small Team & Group Logistics","description":"Coordinate carpools, field teams, and volunteer groups with ease.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/industries/logistics-and-teams"}],"solutions":[{"id":"for-parents","title":"Safety Solutions for Parents","description":"Peace of mind for every stage of your child's growth.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/solutions/for-parents"},{"id":"for-travelers","title":"Location Intelligence for Travelers","description":"Stay connected and safe while exploring new horizons.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/solutions/for-travelers"},{"id":"for-drivers","title":"Road Safety & Driver Monitoring","description":"Advanced tracking for safer journeys on the road.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/solutions/for-drivers"}],"guides":[{"id":"circle-management","title":"Circle Management Guides","description":"Learn how to build and secure your family networks.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/guides/circle-management"},{"id":"privacy-settings","title":"Privacy & Data Security Guides","description":"Everything you need to know about keeping your data private.","url":"https://wheresnow.net/guides/privacy-settings"}],"blog":[],"help":[]}}