The Google Messages app is the default messaging software for the majority of Android phones and is among the best, if not the best, texting apps available on the Google Play Store. Regardless of how well you think the app works, if you use other messaging services, you may already be aware that Google’s text messaging solution lacks several essential capabilities that those platforms offer, such as live location sharing.
If you’re among those who lament that the Google Messages app doesn’t have a live location sharing option, Google may soon fix the problem. According to Android Authority, the most recent beta version of the Google Messages app appears to have the live location function, suggesting that the Mountain View tech giant has already begun working on it.
The Google Messages app will soon advance location sharing
Users can presently share their location with their contacts using the Google Messages app, but the location data only displays the position at the moment of sending. When you relocate, the recipients’ phones do not update the location appropriately. Live location sharing is useful in this situation. The recipient can easily follow your movements and get to your present location after you begin sharing your location in real time.
This function has been available on WhatsApp for both iOS and Android for a while, so if you’ve used it before, you know how to utilize it. The Google Messages beta’s APK breakdown by Android Authority doesn’t explain how the functionality will function within the messaging app, although it should be rather similar to how live location sharing functions in Google Maps, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Telegram.
You can anticipate features like the ability to specify a time frame before providing your current location if that’s how Google intends to deploy real-time location sharing. The recipient will be able to follow your current location until the time you choose, and no later. End-to-end encryption for real-time location sharing is another feature to anticipate. This implies that, like your messages, your location information will be encrypted if you utilize RCS Chat in the Google Messages app.
Only after testing will we be able to determine how effectively Google Messages’ real-time location sharing functions. The live location-sharing function of Google Messages may be one of its greatest features if it performs as smoothly as applications like WhatsApp.
