WhatsApp’s main competitor when it comes to messaging applications is without a doubt Telegram. In any messaging application it is an essential function to be able to share your location with other users : from Telegram you can share your location in groups by following a series of simple steps.
How to Share your Location in Real Time by Telegram? – Chats and Groups
It must be taken into account that in Telegram there are both channels and groups , and the interactions between them are completely different. Sharing the location is only possible in groups, since in the channels the interactions are considerably less than in the groups.
Index( )
- How many ways to share your location does Telegram have?
- Current location
- real time location
- What is the way in which you can share your location in real time?
- With the iOS app
- From an Android device
- with the website
- How can you fix your location in real time in your Telegram chat?
How many ways to share your location does Telegram have?
From the Telegram application you can share your location in two ways: sharing your current location or sharing your location in real time. It is important to take this detail into consideration, since each of the ways has its differences and one or another method may be needed depending on the situation.
Current location
The current location is used to share the user’s location at the time of sharing. To make it clear: if the user changes their location after sharing their location, this change will not be reflected within the application. You would have to share the location again to update the location.
real time location
The location in real time, as its name indicates, is updated at all times during the time interval that the user decides. It is important to take into consideration that, since this method updates the information at all times, data consumption will be higher.
What is the way in which you can share your location in real time?
Messaging applications, being mainly used on mobile devices such as tablets or cell phones , are usually limited in terms of functionality compared to web versions or versions for computers.
However, in the case of Telegram this is not the case: the platform has almost all its functionalities both in the versions for mobile devices (either Android or iOS devices) and in its web version. Of course, location sharing is one of the cross-device compatible features.
To share the location, the steps to follow will be very similar between platforms, the most similar being those of the Android and iOS versions. The steps to follow in the web version of Telegram, although they may differ a bit, are not complicated at all:
With the iOS app
First of all, after having entered the Telegram application, you have to find the group in which you want to share the location. It can be an already known group or new Telegram groups can be searched for instead .
After that, at the bottom where the messages are written, you will find the icon of a clip (it is there where files are shared on Telegram). From there you will find the option to share the current location or in real time (the application will request special access in the case of not having them, these permissions are necessary). After having selected “Share current location” it will only be necessary to send it.
From an Android device
After entering the Telegram application for Android devices, you have to search for the group in which you want to share your location (a task that will be much simpler if you use the Telegram search tool). From there the procedure will be the same: use the share function (the paperclip icon), select share location, choose “Share current location” and send the location.
with the website
If you want to use the Telegram web platform to share your location in a group, you will need to log in to your browser. For that, you simply have to enter the Telegram Web page and wait for the page to present the options to log in .
The fastest way to do it is by entering the application from the mobile and going to Settings> Devices and touching the “Link desktop device” option . Finally, you have to scan the QR code on the screen and the session will open in the browser. The other method that can be selected is to request a code that Telegram will send to the account and then enter it on the platform.
Once inside, you’ll see a slightly different interface but just as easy to use. You just have to find the group and share the location just like you do with a mobile device (in this case the browser will be the one that requests the same permissions as on the mobile).
How can you fix your location in real time in your Telegram chat?
When you are going to share the location, you can choose the above option or the option to share your location in real time. If this option is chosen, Telegram will be updating the location during the period of time established by the user. The procedure is the same in any of the versions of Telegram.
Using the Telegram application, you can share the location in real time in any group. One last consideration is that unlike WhatsApp , in Telegram it is possible to hide the phone number of the account as a measure to protect privacy.
