Affiliate Disclaimer To track live location on WhatsApp, you can use WhatsApp’s live location sharing feature or a phone number tracker like Scannero to track someone without them knowing.
Parents can also use family tracker like mSpy to track WhatsApp and phone location of their kids.
Whether you want to see your friend’s real-time location or keep track of loved ones, there are different ways of tracking live location on WhatsApp or with its help. Below are the guides for each one.
Use WhatsApp Live Location Sharing
WhatsApp offers an inbuilt live location feature. It allows you to share your live location with anyone in the chat. To track someone on WhatsApp, the other person should share their live location with you.
To share live location on WhatsApp:
- Enable location permissions on your phone for WhatsApp. Go to Settings > Apps > WhatsApp > Permissions > Location > Turn on WhatsApp.
- To share live location, open an individual or group chat.
- Tap the paper clip icon and choose Location. Click [Share Live Location].
- Choose the length of time to share the live location. You can share live location for 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 8 hours. Still, you can stop location sharing at any time.
- Add a comment and hit the send button.
Your location will be available as a static image on WhatsApp. Note that if you use the [Send Current Location] option, it will not share your live location.
Try Scannero as WhatsApp Location Tracker
Scannero can track someone’s location on WhatsApp by sending them a link or an image. This online location tracker uses the phone’s IP address to find its location, even without them knowing.
To use Scannero to track location on WhatsApp:
- Go to the scannero.io website, create an account, and choose a subscription. You can also use Scannero trial for HeyLocate’s readers.
- Select the Send Link option.
- Name your link. For example, [WhatsAppStatus].
- Click Generate WhatsApp Link.
- Copy the link and send it to your target on WhatsApp. When they click the link, you will see their location on Google Maps through Scannero dashboard.
- Scannero allows you to send multiple WhatsApp links to find someone’s location.
Apart from tracking location through a link, you can use Scannero to track someone’s location anonymously with their phone number if it is visible on WhatsApp.
To track someone by WhatsApp number with Scannero.io:
- Go to Scannero.io and choose the Locate by Number option.
- Enter the WhatsApp phone number of the target device in the search bar and click continue.
- Choose from a list of pre-made texts and click Preview. You will see the message as it will appear on the target device.
- If you are satisfied with the message, click send. If not, click Edit.
- Once you send the message, Scannero will embed a location-tracking link on the message.
When the person opens the message, Scannero will obtain their location using their IP address.
Use mSpy as a WhatsApp Tracker
mSpy is one of the most powerful WhatsApp trackers that can show your child’s location and their overall activity on WhatsApp. The app provides live WhatsApp location tracking using its real-time GPS tracker.
You can see activities on a child’s WhatsApp in the form of screenshots. Thus, you will know who they are connecting with. Therefore, you don’t need to worry about WhatsApp end-to-end encryption — mSpy will always keep you in the know.
When it comes to location tracking, mSpy will show you the device’s real-time location on Google Maps. You can also set up safe and dangerous geofence zones, and the app will notify you when your child enters or leaves these zones.
To use mSpy WhatsApp location tracker:
- Create an account and get mSpy subscription. Then you’ll get instructions for installation the app on a target device.
- Configure the app and wait for it to sync the phone’s data to an online platform. Syncing takes about 15 minutes the first time, and then it happens every five minutes.
- Open the online control panel and click on the location feature. The mSpy GPS location tracker will display the user’s current location on Google Maps. You will also see their most recent visits, and it will store location data for 30 days.
- Click on a WhatsApp chat to see the messages shared between your child and other WhatsApp users. You can check live location on WhatsApp by seeing the location at the time they sent a WhatsApp message.
In addition, you will see their Wi-Fi connections, so you will see the time they connected to any Wi-Fi.
When you use mSpy to view someone’s live location, you can get directions to their location on Google Maps. It’s a comprehensive location-tracking solution that will give you peace of mind about your loved ones’ whereabouts.
Location Sharing with Google Maps on WhatsApp
The other person can share their location with you with Google Maps and send a link via any messenger. Thus, you can track their live location on WhatsApp but only with their consent.
To use Google Maps location sharing with WhatsApp:
- Open the Google Maps app and tap your profile icon in the top-right corner.
- Tap Location Sharing and tap New Share.
- Under [Share your real-time location] choose to share location for one hour or until you turn off location sharing. If you go with the latter, the person you share your location with will see your device’s live location, recent location, and Google may send them your arrival and departure time if they add a location sharing notification.
- Choose WhatsApp in the lowest row.
- Open the WhatsApp app and choose the contact to send the location link.
Track WhatsApp Location with IP Address
Although WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption to hide IP addresses, you can use an IP logger to find out a device’s location. This method depends on sending a location tracking link to someone on WhatsApp.
To use an IP logger as a free WhatsApp location tracker:
- Go to iplogger.org. Enter a link of a funny image or story from a social media platform like Instagram or Facebook.
- Click create a shortlink. You will be asked to accept the terms of service.
- IPlogger will create a short link with a location tracking code.
- Copy the code and send it to your target on WhatsApp.
- When they open the link, IPlogger will show you the person’s location through WhatsApp without them knowing.
Conclusion
To track someone with WhatsApp, the live location feature is the fastest and most ideal.
Nonetheless, sharing live location requires consent; hence, you may turn to a link location tracker like Scannero to see someone’s location.
On the other hand, a tracking app like mSpy can show location and monitor other activities on WhatsApp. Nevertheless, it is the most suitable for parental control.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
To turn on live location tracking on WhatsApp, open a chat on the app and use the [Share Live Location feature].
Even though WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted, someone can track you using tracking apps like mSpy but it needs to be installed on your device.
To see WhatsApp live location on maps, tap on the shared link to go to Google Maps. You can access the live location there and even see directions to the specific location.
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