You drive into a busy city and park your bike or car near the center. How will you find it later? With this handy WhatsApp trick!
WhatsApp offers the possibility to share a (live) location with someone. Most people do that to let them know where they are at that moment. You can easily find the person who is looking for you. But the function can also be used in another useful way: to find your parked bicycle or car later. You pin the parked spot, as it were.
the trick
Are you with someone while you park somewhere? Send them your location via WhatsApp as soon as you put the car or bike down. Do not choose the live location, but the current location. When you later search for the vehicle again, open the directed location. This way you can see exactly where you have parked.
Are you traveling alone? Then send the location to yourself in a chat. Such a chat with yourself is very useful anyway, because you also share other things to remember. Here’s how to create such a chat.
This is how you share your location
On an iPhone:
1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Tap the chat in which you want to share the location.
3. Tap the plus sign at the bottom left.
4. Tap Location.
5. The first time you share a location, WhatsApp will request access to your location. Tap When using app or Allow one session.
6. Tap Send your current location.
On an Android device:
1. Open WhatsApp.
2. Tap the chat in which you want to share the location.
3. Tap the paperclip at the bottom right of the screen.
4 Tap Location.
5. If you are using this option for the first time, give WhatsApp access to your location. Tap Continue and then Allow When Using App.
6. Tap Send your current location.