On Wednesday, Whatsapp launched a brand new location sharing feature called Live Location. The new feature will be available for both iOS and Android smartphones.
The feature mainly focuses on allowing people to share their location in real time with friends and family. The end to end encrypted feature allows people to select who can see their location and for how long. It lets you stop sharing your location at any time or just wait till the Live Location timer expires.
CEO of Breakthrough (nonprofit organization), Sohini Bhattacharya in a statement said, “The Live Location feature in WhatsApp makes women feel confident about sharing their real-time location or a journey with someone close so that it can be tracked for a purpose and privately.”
The feature will be useful during disasters and crisis situations, giving you the technology to track down your loved ones. Whatsapp revealed that the feature will be added to the new update in the next few weeks.
Ranjana Kumari from Centre for Social Research stated, “For women, in unsafe and dangerous situations, it may be a helpful tool for police officials and families, as real-time locations can be shared easily in WhatsApp.”
