Friends and Circles

Share the progress. Keep the live dot.

Walking with friends should feel warm, not watchful. Trod gives people a reason to walk together without turning the Friends tab into a live-location screen.

Cheer

Notice the good week.

A quick reaction when a friend got out there.

Quest

Clear a target together.

Both people accept the goal. Neither person shares a live route.

Circle

Give a group one board.

Aggregate weekly activity for friends, teams, and small groups.

Social, on purpose

Enough social to get out the door.

Find a friend by handle, link, or QR code. Cheer their week. Start a shared cloud-clearing quest that both people accept. See the progress that person chooses to make available.

Circles give friends, teams, and event groups a weekly board and challenge space. Circle views use aggregate activity. They do not expose members’ private saved places or live location.

Sharing controls

The controls are specific on purpose.

Before sharing, open Friends > Privacy. The controls in your installed version show exactly which progress views are available.

Accepted friends do not receive your live location, reveal timestamps, or a playback of the route you took.

The boundary

What friends do not get.

  • No live location
  • No timestamped route
  • No walk playback
  • No private My Places
  • No reporter identity on an approved community gem

These points describe friend and public views. Read the privacy policy for the complete data inventory and service-provider details.

Read the privacy policy

Give someone a reason to walk.