---
title: About
description: Cross-platform Flutter plugin for easy access to device's location in real-time.
---

# Welcome to docs of the location plugin

This library aims at providing you a simple way to get the user location without
thinking about permission. It's also configurable so you can achieve **better
performance** or **better battery life**.

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It currently supports Android, iOS, macOS and Web.

## Features

- 👨‍💻️ Easy to use
- 🛰 Handles requesting permission and enabling GPS automatically for you
- 🔋 Highly configurable so you get the best performance / battery life for your
  usecase
- 🔍 Works either with and without Google Play Services on Android phones
- 🏃‍♂️ Background location updates
- ⭐️ [Flutter Favorite]

## How to use?

Start by [installing Location](/getting-started)!

Then, to get the location of your user you can simply do:

```dart
final location = await getLocation();
print("Location: ${location.latitude}, ${location.longitude}");
```

[flutter favorite]: https://docs.flutter.dev/packages-and-plugins/favorites