How to send a fake or nearby location on WhatsApp

Let’s explain to you how to send a fake location in WhatsApp. With this, you can meet someone without revealing where you live exactly, simply doing it somewhere close. You will also be able to send it a place with another context, such as an area where you want to travel or something similar.

We are going to tell you three things you can do. You can do the first two on Android and on the iPhone, also on WhatsApp Web and on the desktop, and is to send nearby locations or directly any other custom location you want. Then we will tell you another trick to be able to fake your own location if you use an Android mobile.

Send a nearby fixed location

To send a nearby fixed location, the first thing you have to do is enter the chat with the person you want to send it to. Then, click on the add element button, which on Android has a paperclip icon and on the iPhone a +. In the menu that opens, Click on the location option that will appear to you.

This will open a screen with the map. In it, above you have the map with your location and nearby location pointsand below you have the list of nearby locations. Here, you just have to Click on the nearby location you want and you will send it.

Send a custom fixed location

To send a personalized location, the first thing you have to do is enter the chat with the person you want to send it to. Then, click on the add element button, which on Android has a paperclip icon and on the iPhone a +. In the menu that opens, Click on the location option that will appear to you.

This will open a screen with the map. In it, Write the location you want in the search enginewhether close or not. The results will appear both on the map and in the list, and you will only have to click on the location you want.

You can also navigate the map without using the search engine, and thus find a fixed location that you want. When you find it, click on it and you can share it. This gives you complete flexibility to share any location.

Use a GPS app to send fake locations

On Android you have alternatives to send totally fake locations without them having to be close to you. For that, first you have to download an app to fake your GPSas Fake GPS. Find it and install it on your mobile.

Now, you have to activate Android developer optionsentering About my phone in the settings and clicking ten times on the build number. Within the options for developers, go to the bottom and click on the option Choose app to simulate locationand you will enter a screen where you can choose the Fake GPS that you just installed.

Now, open the Fake GPS application and choose the location you want to pretend you are in. To do this, you have to put the pin in the place you want, and then click on the play button at the bottom right.

Now, with the steps that we have told you before, enter the chat you want, and click on the option to send location. By doing so, simply press the button Send my current location. If you’ve done everything right, The location you send will be the one you have activated in Fake GPS instead of your real one.

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