TECH: Instagram rolled out a new feature today that lets users share their live location with their family and friends in the app for up to an hour. Users can share live location or pin a particular place on the map to coordinate the time of arrival at a location or find their friends and in crowded places. Elaborating on this feature, Instagram said that Users can share their location in direct messages, in one-on-one chats or in group chats for up to an hour. After this one-hour time period expires, location sharing will automatically turn off.
Apart from this, the company said that only those users with whom the user has shared his location will be able to see it and the user will not be able to forward the location to other chats. The company also said that users will see an indicator above the chat to help remind the user that they are sharing their live location with another member. Additionally, users will be able to stop sharing their location at any time before the one-hour time period expires.
Instagram's live location sharing feature has arrived on the Android and iOS apps, so here are three ways users can share their exact location in the app:
3 ways to share location on Instagram
Share live location in Instagram
Step 1: Tap on the messages icon on the top right corner of the app.
Step 2: Tap to open the chat where you want to share live location.
Step 3: Tap on the plus icon at the bottom.
Step 4: Tap on the Location icon.
Step 5: Tap on the Share your location option.
Share a pinned location in Instagram
Step 1: Tap on the messages icon on the top right corner of the app.
Step 2: Tap to open the chat where you want to share the pinned location.
Step 3: Tap the conversation icon represented by a 'plus' at the bottom of the chat.
Step 4: Tap on Location option.
Step 5: Tap the location pin on the right side to drop it at a specific location.
Step 6: Tap and hold the location pin on the map to move it to a specific location.
Step 7: Tap the Send button below to share the pinned location.
Share a location from search in Instagram
Step 1: Open the Direct Messages section in the Instagram app.
Step 2: Tap the chat where you want to share the location.
Step 3: Tap the 'Plus' icon below the chat.
Step 4: Next, tap on the Location option.
Step 5: Tap the Find a Place option at the top.
Step 6: Tap the Search button at the top and then enter the location you want to share.
Step 7: Tap the Send Location button to share it in the chat.
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