If you can recall, sometimes in January this year, Live location features was announced that it will be available to beta testers on iOS and Android user but not to the normal users. Though, Live location sharing is not new, it was mad available to Google map sometimes in March, followed by Facebook in the same month, Snapchat in June and now, it is a thing of joy to see it roll out to WhatsApp Messenger.
Live Location Sharing on WhatsApp will be rolling out 'in the coming weeks' to all Android and iOS users. Live location sharing is end-to-end encrypted and you can control who to share with and for how long. You're also able to stop sharing at any time.
The Live Location Trackingcan be kept on for 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, or indefinitely. Now imagine that you have a lying partner, or a random player, with this feature, you can easily trace their location in real time.
Or this could come in handy if you're supposed to meet with your family at a certain location and time, and you want to see how far away from the destination they are.
How to Turn On Live Location on WhatsApp?
To start live location sharing, open a chat with the person or group you want to use it with, choose the Attach button then Location - the new Share Live Location option is what you want to pick of course. Choose for how long you want to share and tap Send.
via: Whatsapp
