Facebook Messenger competes with Apple & Google by offering real-time location sharing

Facebook Messenger has incorporated real-time location sharing within the communication tool for the first time, enabling users to broadcast their whereabouts to a friend in one hour intervals.
The added functionality brings Facebook into contention with similar tools offered by Apple’s own iPhone messages app and Google Maps. The functionality was prompted by an observation that one of the most common phrases to be sent was ‘How far away are you?’
Although optional once enable