How to share your location on WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a very convenient messaging application that is growing by the day, letting users exchange links and send messages, photos, documents, audio and videos.

The platform also allows users to share their location whether live or current.

Sharing current location means the user shares his or her specific location at a particular time, whereas in live location there is continuous location sharing, even when the venue or location changes.

The location-sharing feature is end-to-end encrypted which means the data is not stored anywhere on WhatsApp servers. This cannot be viewed, tampered with, used or monitored by anyone else.

How to share your location

Step 1

Enable your phone’s location in order to access the GPS on your device.

Step 2

Open the WhatsApp application, then enter the chat where you want to share the location

Step 3

At the bottom of the display, tap the paper clip icon.

Step 4

From the menu that opens, select ‘Location’.

Step 5

Share your live location for a specific amount of time or your current location.

You have the option of ending the live location by clicking ‘Stop sharing’ in the chat.