Apple’s new iOS setting addresses a hidden layer of location tracking

Apple introduced a new iOS 26.3 setting, “limit precise location,” that reduces the granularity of location data shared with cellular carriers (from near-address to neighborhood-level) without affecting emergency services or app-based features like Find My; the feature currently works only on select Apple modem devices and a small set of participating carriers, and follows years of carrier mishandling of location data highlighted by FCC fines, with Google offering a similar but vendor-dependent capability in Android 15.