So you can know where your WhatsApp contacts are if you use iPhone

Privacy and social networks is a very difficult pairing to combine. Today WhatsApp has taken another step in distancing these two concepts A few months ago it was leaked that the famous messaging service was working on the possibility that Users could share their real-time location with others.

Well, WABetaInfo has just announced that this feature is now operational. QUsers of the beta version of WhatsApp for Android can try it, which is the one that would correspond to code 2.17,379. Although it would not be the only one. It seems that iPhone owners can now officially use this feature.

This new option, called Live Location or Location in real time, would be fully operational for iOS users. But can I start testing this feature now? If you're itching to check it out, keep reading below.

Please, if you have the Live location enabled, write under this tweet your country, and if you're using Android or iOS.

- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) October 17, 2017

How this feature works

The Real Time Location function will help us to share a location during a specific period of time There is the option to share it with others participants of a group chat. Or with a single contact, if we are chatting with him individually.

Users will be able to choose how long they want to share their location And stop making it public at any time. To be able to use this function, you will need to have the Location functions activated. And give WhatsApp permission to access this information on your phone.

You should keep in mind, however, that even if you stop sharing your location, group chat users will continue to see the initial indication. Of course, the only users who will be able to see this information will be those with whom you have shared this information It will be, like chats, end-to-end encrypted information .

You can now locate your contacts on WhatsApp for iPhone

The instructions to start locating your contacts on WhatsApp for iPhone have already been officially published.In fact, you will find all the steps to follow here. If you want to know how to start enjoying this feature, we recommend that you do the following:

1. Open a new chat and access Attach > Location > Share Real Time Location
2. Choose the length of time during which you want to share your location. This will stop being public when you decide
3. Click on Send

If you want to stop sharing your location in a certain chat, just:

1. Open chat specific
2. Click on the option Stop sharing

In the event that you were sharing this information for all your WhatsApp chats and you wanted to deactivate it:

1. Open WhatsApp > Settings > Account > Privacy > Real-time location
2. Click on Stop Sharing

I read that some users haven't the Live Location enabled. Did you try to reinstall WhatsApp?

- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) October 17, 2017

What about Android users?

The feature, as you can see, is already operational for WhatsApp users who have an iPhone. And it should also be, according to WABetaInfo, for everyone who has the beta version of WhatsApp installed on an Android mobile.

However, at this time we have not had the opportunity to do so. This same medium indicates that if this feature does not work, we should make a backup of the conversations in Google Drive. And then re-install the app.