WhatsApp trick: As of now, WhatsApp remains the undisputed champion of messaging apps, with billions of users exchanging messages on the service single day. Apart from normal texts, the platform allows users to make video or voice calls as well as set Status. One of the more important and well received feature on the instant messaging app is the ability to share live location. 

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The feature allows you to share the real-time location with your friends and family members. It allows them to track you. However, if you are not comfortable doing that, there is a trick to share fake live location on WhatsApp as well. 

How to share fake live location on WhatsApp?

To pull this off, you need to download the GPS Emulator app from Google Play Store, and enable the developer option on your phone. For this, you need to go to Settings, select Developer Options and then click on the the “Select mock location app” option. Within the app, type your fake location on the search bar, and turn on the GPS Emulator by tapping on the green button at the bottom.

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Then to share the location, open any chat on WhatsApp, then tap on Location, select Share live location, and here you will notice that you have shared a fake live location.

However, we don’t recommend you to download a third-party app and use these trick, unless it is absolutely important to share the fake location. 

How to share correct live location?

Thankfully, you don’t need a third-party app for this. You can simply tap on the attach button located next to the text bar on your chats. Under “Location,” there will be a new option to ‘Share Live Location.’ Just share your location by tapping on it. You can select for how much time you need to share the location.