“Live location is a way to share your location in a chat and the participants in that chat will then be able to see your real-time location as it updates on a map. It’s short-term in nature, it’s limited in duration,”.
Your location is shared at the chat level, which means you can share your live location in a one-on-one WhatsApp conversation or a group chat.
How does it work?
When you try to share your live location in a WhatsApp chat - by tapping the Attach icon - you will be prompted to select the duration of time for which the share will be active. You can only choose from one of the preset options - 15 minutes, 1 hour (default), and 8 hours - and, optionally, add a comment.
You can manually stop sharing live location data within a chat at any given time. A new option in your Account Privacy settings will give you an overview of all WhatsApp chats you are sharing your live location in at the time.