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Location in Windows 10: What You Need to Know

Location in Windows 10: What You Need to Know

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With so much emphasis on mobile devices these days, PCs are starting to borrow features from their smaller-screened brethren. One such feature in Windows 10 is built-in location services. It’s true that your laptop or desktop doesn’t have GPS capability, and many (but not all) can’t communicate with wireless cell towers.

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Nevertheless, Windows 10 can figure out where you are using Wi-Fi positioning, as well as your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. The results are fairly accurate.

To test how well Windows 10 knows where you are, open the built-in Maps app.

Type Maps in the search box next to the Start button.