Sometimes you’re stuck in traffic on your way home from the office and want your loved ones back home to know when you’re arriving. While there are plenty of apps that let you share your live location with a family member, the other person has to go through the long process of seeing your location and estimating your arrival time.
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But thanks to a handy new shortcut called Home ETA, you can easily text your loved ones how long it might take you to get home. This shortcut lets you send someone your ETA without sharing your live location with them, and you can do it all without having to install a third-party app on your iPhone.
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In order to gain the ability to send someone a text message for when you’re going to be home, you’ll need to download the Home ETA shortcut on your iPhone by clicking this link . Once you do, the Home ETA shortcut will load in the Shortcuts app on iOS.
