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WhatsApp Launch Feature Enabling Users To Share Their Location With Friends

A pretty handy update.

WhatsApp have launched a brand new feature allowing users toshare their real-time location with friends.

The app have insisted that the feature will be encrypted, and offers users the chance to set a time limit on how long they want their location to be accessible for.

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While this might raise some security issues with fans of the service, it comes hot on the heels of rival service Snapchat rolling out their location-based Maps feature.

Outlining the benefits of the update, WhatsApp said:"Whether you're meeting up with friends, letting loved ones know you're safe, or sharing your commute, live location is a simple and secure way to let people know where you are."

WhatsApp have launched a feature enabling users to share their location with friends.

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WhatsApp have launched a feature enabling users to share their location with friends.

It's worth mentioning that users can only share their location temporarily and with specified contacts, which provides a pretty good safeguard against any unwanted information going public.

The location tracking service can either be used in one-on-one conversations, or in group chats.To access the feature, head to a WhatsApp chat, click on the add button, select Location and turn it to on.

WhatsApp have launched a feature enabling users to share their location with friends.

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WhatsApp have launched a feature enabling users to share their location with friends.

The feature will be rolled out in the next few weeks on both Android and iOS and is guaranteed to be a life-saver when it comes to finding any waywardfriends on a night out.

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