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Live tracking ​

Live tracking lets you broadcast your real-time position while you record. Anyone you allow can follow your movement on a 2D map or in the 3D player, second by second.

Going live ​

In the mobile cockpit, enable live broadcast before or during a recording. Your position is then streamed continuously to the platform over a realtime connection (with an automatic fallback to polling if the connection is unstable), so viewers see you move with minimal delay.

Who can watch ​

  • Your followers get notified when you start a live activity and can open your live track.
  • Other athletes nearby can discover you on the social / live map, filtered by sport and distance.
  • Emergency contacts can be alerted automatically — even if they don't have the app — via WhatsApp or SMS. See Notifications & alerts.

You stay in control through your privacy settings: set an activity to public, friends only, or private.

Live comments ​

While you're live, viewers can send you real-time messages. On your phone you receive the comment with an optional sound alert, so you know someone is cheering you on or asking where you are. You can reply once you've landed or stopped.

Viewers ​

You can see how many people are watching your live activity and who they are. Tap a viewer to open their profile and activities.

Live for events ​

The same live engine powers full events and competitions — dozens of athletes broadcasting at once, shown together in the 3D player with leaderboards and turnpoints. See Events & competitions.

Staying live with no coverage ​

Even where the mobile network drops out, you can keep appearing on the live map. Where your phone and carrier support it, satellite live tracking automatically falls back to your carrier's Starlink direct-to-cell data, then backfills the full track when 4G/5G returns. A dedicated Lynkx safety beacon does the same over the LoRaWAN network.

PureTrack partnership (free-flight) ​

SportsTrackLive is a partner of PureTrack.io, the live map that aggregates aviation tracking sources (ADS-B, FLARM/OGN, SPOT, InReach and more).

For free-flight activities (paragliding, hang-gliding, gliding, hike-and-fly, helicopter and visual flight), your live positions are automatically relayed to PureTrack while you're broadcasting — so you also appear on the PureTrack map alongside other aircraft, with no extra setup. You're shown there under your chosen username / display name, and your sport is mapped to the matching PureTrack aircraft category.

A few details worth knowing:

  • It applies only to free-flight sports — other activities are never relayed.
  • Only public, currently-live activities are sent; private and friends-only tracks stay off PureTrack.
  • Your latest position is pushed every few seconds; the relay stops shortly after your live feed goes quiet.

This is on by default. You can turn the PureTrack relay off in your account settings if you'd rather not appear on the PureTrack map.

Live from dedicated hardware ​

You don't always need a phone. SportsTrackLive can ingest live positions from instruments and trackers — FlyMaster avionics, XCTracer/vario devices, AirTribune competition feeds and dedicated GPS trackers. See Devices.

Battery & background

Live tracking keeps GPS running continuously. On mobile, allow the app to run in the background and consider exempting it from battery optimisation so your broadcast isn't cut short.