A gap filled
Until iOS 26, anyone wanting to stop sharing their location with a specific person in Find My had two options: disable global sharing or permanently stop sharing with that contact. The first iOS 27 developer beta, available since June 8, adds a third way: the ability to temporarily hide your location from individual contacts, without affecting the settings for others.
Why it matters
The use case is immediate: wanting to surprise someone who shares your location, or simply having a moment of privacy without having to explain or break an established sharing arrangement. Per-contact granularity transforms Find My from a binary tool into a more nuanced system. MacRumors identified the feature by digging into the first iOS 27 developer beta, released on the day of the keynote.