How to use WhatsApp Live Location feature: A step-by-step guide

Meta-owned WhatsApp offers a number of useful features for its users. One such feature is the Live Location feature that allows users to share their location with other contacts on WhatsApp. Users can also choose to share real-time location with individual or group chat participants for a specific amount of time.

WhatsApp users can also control whether or not to share your live location. They can stop sharing their live location at any time.

The platform also provides end-to-end encryption for this feature. This means that no one can see your live location except the people you share it with. Here we tell you the steps to share your live location whatsapp contact, But before that, you need to enable location permissions for WhatsApp on your device. To do this, go to your phone’s Settings, tap on Apps & notifications and then click on Advanced and then on App permissions. Here tap on Location and turn on the toggle in front WhatsApp,

Here’s how to share a live location with an individual or group chat:

Step 1- Open WhatsApp on your phone

Step 2- Go to the chat with whom you want to share location and tap on Attach

Step 3- Tap on Location here and then tap on Share Live Location

Step 4- You can select the duration for sharing your live location. Once the selected time has elapsed, your live location sharing will stop.

Step 5- Optionally, you can also add a comment. Finally tap on Send.

How to pause live location with an individual or group chat:

Step 1: Open WhatsApp and go to the chat with whom you want to turn off your location.

Step 2- Tap on Stop Sharing and then tap on STOP.

In other news, the instant messaging platform is working on a revamped text editor for its drawing tool. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp is working on a new text editor for its drawing tool. It will get new features like changing text background, switching between fonts and flexibility in text alignment.

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