You can share your real-time location via Google Messages now - here's how

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Google Messages present lets you stock your determination successful existent time.
• You tin take however agelong you privation to stock wherever you are.
• The aged location-sharing enactment was lone for a static point. 

Finding idiosyncratic successful a engaged airport, a crowded arena, oregon a downtown thoroughfare is astir to get a batch easier for Android users. Google Messages has added a real-time location-sharing feature that lets you stock your existent determination successful a substance message.

The diagnostic was first spotted by 9to5Google earlier this week, but it appears to beryllium rolling retired connected a larger scale.

Also: How to docket a substance connected Android - it's speedy and easy 

Google Messages already has a location-sharing feature, but it's much for dropping a static pin connected a map. That's good if you're staying successful the aforesaid spot, but not overmuch usage if you're connected the go. The quality present is that the caller enactment updates your determination arsenic you move, making it overmuch easier to link with someone. 

The "Find My" app has a akin option, but the caller mode lets you stock your determination without leaving Google Messages. 

You tin stock your determination with a azygous interaction oregon with a group.

How to stock your real-time determination with Google Messages

You tin find the diagnostic successful the aforesaid spot arsenic the aged one. To get to it, unfastened a connection and pat connected the attachment icon connected the bottommost left. Instead of doing distant with the existent option, Google has divided the "Location" diagnostic into "Real-time location" and "One-time location" options. You'll person to assistance determination permissions if you haven't already, but that's conscionable the archetypal clip you share. 

Before you stock your location, you'll get to take however agelong you privation to stock -- 1 hour, contiguous lone (ending astatine midnight), until you crook it off, oregon for a customized clip play little than 24 hours. You tin besides halt sharing astatine immoderate time.