Find My Phone Used My Location. I Didn't Use It

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While on my iPhone 11 ProMax this morning, I noticed something was using my location. I wasn’t using an app that would do that. Out of curiosity, I looked to see what was using it. I found a purple arrow next to Find My iPhone under System Services. It happened again a bit later. I’ve attached a screen shot indicating it had used my location.

Should this happen without me using Find My iPhone? What might trigger that? No one else has access to this phone. I am using iOS 14. A bug perhaps? Any ideas?

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I would guess it’s telling your icloud account it’s last known location in the background, so in the event you lose it, it can be found more easily.

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Exactly. If it is lost or stolen and the battery dies or the thieves turn it off, it can’t give its current location. As I understand it, the service gives out the phones current location at regular intervals.

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