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Many people prefer using WhatsApp Messenger instead of standard text messaging because of its useful features including the ability to chat with anyone in the world for free, create group chats and share photos and videos. One of the app’s lesser-known features is the ability to send a pin of your location to another person. This is useful if you’re meeting someone and want them to know exactly where you are or where you live, for example.

To do that, open the app (Android:bit.ly/1JiR9RG; iOS: apple.co/1PmnLtX) and select the contact/group you want to send your location to. On an Android device, tap the paper clip icon at the top right, then tap Location. On an iOS device, tap the up-arrow icon to the left of the text box, then tap Share Location. 

You’ll now see a blue dot (indicating your current location) and green dots (representing the places of interest around you see screenshot below). Either tap ‘Send your current location’ to do that, or tap any of the alternative places to send that location. The recipient will receive this as a map with a dot on your selected location. By tapping the map, they can get directions to your location using their default maps app.