WhatsApp has been developing for some time an extension of a function that seems to be highly appreciated by users who use the application daily to have conversations with various friends. WhatsApp implemented the feature during this year and it seems to be used quite often by people, and at the moment an extension of its utility is being developed to convince more people to use it.
WhatsApp has implemented a very useful feature that allows users to share their location with each other for short periods of time, whenever they want to do so. The function is very useful because it allows WhatsApp users to find each other easily when they want to meet and a lot of people praised the function, those from Facebook offering it up to a certain point including in its own application for iPhone and iPad.
WhatsApp is now working on expanding the usefulness of this function, so that it can be used even inside information groups. More precisely, any of the WhatsApp users who are active in chat groups will be able to share their location with any of the users of that group, only they will be able to see the shared location, so those outside the group will not be able to see it.
WhatsApp extends the usefulness of a new feature
WhatsApp implements the function for groups in exactly the same way as it is offered for standard conversations, so we won't have to do anything extra. The difference is that within WhatsApp groups it allows you to share your location for a maximum of 8 hours, but it is possible that this period will be modified depending on what the company wants to offer in the end for its users.
WhatsApp allows sharing the location with our friends using the + button which is visible to the left of the virtual keyboard in iPhone and Android. From there you can choose the location you want to share via WhatsApp and the people who have the opportunity to see it as long as you want, sharing can be stopped by us at any time, so we have total control over how others locate us .
WhatsApp announced yesterday that 1.3 billion people use its messaging platform every month, 1 billion of them accessing it daily. WhatsApp is currently the biggest messaging platform on the planet, with more users even than Facebook Messenger, but things will probably change next year.
