Now Live Location Sharing Feature Goes Live on Whatsapp
WhatsApp introduce a new feature known as Live Location Sharing. Facebook’s WhatsApp is the latest app to add an option to share the live location. This same feature was earlier spotted in the beta version of app and now available publicly on android and ios devices. WhatsApp already gives the option to share your current location with other users, but that’s a static, no one can track your current location. Live Location Sharing feature is dynamic and updates your location in real time, even when WhatsApp is running in the background.
Live location is a way to share your location in a chat and the participants in that chat will then be able to see your real-time location as it updates on a map. The user can share the location in real-time with family and friends. The WhatsApp give the confirmation of this will secured with end-to-end encryption and this is completely controlled by user. You can also share your location at group chat.
How to share the Location?
You can share your location by tapping the Attach icon on Android or the Plus icon on the iPhone. The users can select the contacts to share the location along with duration. You can only choose from one of the preset options such as 15 minutes, 1 hour (default), and 8 hours as a wish. The users facilitate to stop sharing live location data within a chat at any given time.
Live location will show up in WhatsApp chats as thumbnails. When you tap the thumbnail it takes you to a map view where you can see the current location of all the users who are presently sharing their location in that chat. You can also use the map feature in map views such as users can switch to satellite view and others. This features helps to people to find other people by tracking each other in real time. However, the feature will be rolled out globally within the next few weeks for all the Android and iOS devices.
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