Steve has owned Android devices going back to an original Motorola Droid and writes How-To guides and other features for Android Police. He comes from broadcast radio, where he’s been writing about ...

Messaging platforms are much more than just platforms for messages, as is evidenced by Facebook Messenger’s leap into real-time location sharing. With Live Location, the messaging powerhouse is ...

Today, Facebook Messenger is receiving an update which changes the way that the app handles location sharing. After a few months in the works, Facebook has decided to disable location sharing by ...

Facebook Messenger is doing away with its constant location sharing and rolling out a new, user initiated, way to share locations. The previous method would track your location in the background if ...

NEW YORK — If you use Facebook Messenger on an Android phone you might want to check your settings. The app tracks and sends your location to everyone you chat with — by default. You can turn off ...

NEW YORK — Facebook no longer automatically tracks and shares your location data within its Messenger app. You now have to go through a series of steps in order to send your location to someone.

Facebook on Monday rolled out a new feature that lets Messenger users share their real-time location with another person or a group for up to one hour. The feature is available globally and on both ...

Last week, we mentioned that Facebook Messenger shares your location with every message, granting some people access to that information using a Chrome extension. Facebook changed things today so you ...