WhatsApp

Android. Chats.

Using live location

The Live Location feature allows you to share your real-time location for a specific amount of time with the participants of an individual chat or group. You can control whether and how long to share your live location. You can also stop sharing your live location at any time. Once stopped or expired, your live location will no longer be shared. However, participants in the chat or group you shared your live location with will continue to see the initial location you shared, which appears as a static thumbnail image. Participants can then tap this thumbnail in the chat or group to see your last updated location.
This feature is end-to-end encrypted, which means no one can see your live location except the people you shared with.  You can also read our Privacy Policy for more information on WhatsApp's privacy practices.

Sharing your live location

To share your live location, you'll need to enable location permissions for WhatsApp by going to your phone's Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced > App permissions > Location > turn on WhatsApp.
Alternatively, if you recently opened WhatsApp, you can go to your phone's Settings > Apps & notifications > WhatsApp > Permissions > turn on Location.

To share your live location:

1. Open a chat or group.
2. Tap Attach  > Location  > Share live location.
3. Select the length of time you'd like to share your live location. Your live location will stop being shared after the selected amount of time.
   • Optionally, add a comment.
4. Tap Send.

Stop sharing your live location

To stop sharing your live location in a specific chat or group:

1. Open the chat or group.
2. Tap Stop sharing > STOP.

To stop sharing your live location in all chats and groups at once:

1. Tap More options  > Settings > Account > Privacy > Live location.
2. Tap STOP SHARING > STOP.

Note:

• You can disable location permissions for WhatsApp at any time by going to your phone's Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced > App permissions > Location > turn off WhatsApp.
• Alternatively, if you recently opened WhatsApp, you can go to your phone's Settings > Apps & notifications > WhatsApp > Permissions > turn off Location.