Detect Your Friend's Location Through Facebook Messenger. They could see you too!


You are chatting with your mom, dad, brother, sister, your friend, your boy friend, girlfriend, wife, husband, or children, and even relatives abroad and you want to meet each other on a certain place. But you want to know where they are on the map! Or maybe you want to know and stalk someone you are chatting with, or spy on your friend or relatives (I don't recommend spying in wrong motives) in a good way.

Well, a life hack for your problem is here. This article will tell you how to "Detect your friend's location through Facebook messenger".

Here's how to do it.

1. Open your Facebook Messenger in your smartphone.  Here I use Android for example.
2. On the conversation,  make sure you have enabled the location. To check it, there is a blue dot on the right side of your typing space, if you have a lower version of Facebook Messenger you will probably see a blue arrow or greater than sign or a boomerang-ish icon. 
3. Now that your location is enabled, every time you send a chat message, you are sending your friend your location which Facebook will show by clicking on the message you've just sent. You will see a map just like Google Maps or Android Map, and there you will see his/her and your location. This would be accurate only if your GPS is turned on.

Facebook has enabled the feature, "Location" in every messenger app whether you are using Android, iOS, Windows, Black Berry, etc. This technology has been out there in quite some time now.

Here is what Facebook says about their messenger.
How does location work with the Messenger mobile app?When you send a message from the Messenger app, your location is included by default. You can turn this feature off by tapping the location icon ( or a small circle next to your text box) before you send a message, which turns the icon from blue (on) to gray (off). If you tap to turn location off, it will remain off for that conversation until you tap the arrow again.In order to share your location in messages, you'll need to turn on location services for Messenger in the main settings of your smartphone.Note: These location settings don't apply to Messenger for Feature Phones.

Now if you are wondering your security, it is private and secure. 
Who can see my location when I share it in a conversation in Messenger?Your location is only visible to the people in that conversation.You can stop sharing your location by tapping the location icon ( or a small circle next to your text box) before you send a message, which turns the icon from blue (on) to gray (off). Location will remain off for that conversation until you tap the location icon again.

Have fun chatting with your friends on Facebook Messenger and see where they are! Please use wisely in detecting your friend's location in Facebook Messenger.

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Sources from: facebook.com



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