Share your location

You can can share your static or real-time location in a chat. Chat participants receive a prompt to view your location on a map. When you share your location, you set an expiry time to control how long your location is shared.
  1. In a chat, tap The drop-down list icon at the bottom of the screen.
  2. Tap The location icon.
  3. Do one of the following:

    Task

    Steps

    Share your real-time location.
    1. Tap Share my real-time location.
    2. Set the time that you want to share your location for.
    3. Tap OK.
    4. If you are prompted, grant permission to share your location.

    If you want to extend the sharing period, tap Update in the chat notification. Change the Share my real-time location period and tap OK, or tap Stop to end location sharing.

    Share your static location.
    1. Tap Share a location.
    2. Tap The share location icon.
    3. If you are prompted, grant permission to share your location.
    4. Tap Send location.
    A notification that you are sharing your location is added to the chat on your device. The recipient receives a notification that you have shared your location.
  4. If you want to extend the sharing period, you can tap Update in the chat notification. Change the Share until period and tap OK, or tap Stop to end location sharing.
You can tap Globe icon at the top of the screen to view a list of the contacts that are sharing their locations. Tap an entry to view the map. In the map, you can switch between map, satellite, and hybrid views and zoom in or zoom out.