Infrared beacon for location sharing

An electronic device comprising:

• an infrared light source that is configured to emit infrared light;
• and
• wireless communications circuitry that is configured to receive a wireless communication from an additional electronic device, wherein the wireless communication is a request to authorize location sharing and wherein the infrared light source is turned on in response to the wireless communications circuitry receiving the request to authorize location sharing.

An electronic device comprising:

• wireless communications circuitry configured to transmit a location-sharing request to an additional electronic device and receive a transmission from the additional electronic device indicating that the location-sharing request was accepted;
• and
• a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) module that includes an infrared light source and an infrared image sensor, wherein the infrared image sensor is configured to obtain infrared image data in response to the wireless communications circuitry receiving the transmission from the additional electronic device indicating that the location-sharing request was accepted.