Since 2017, Snapchat has allowed customers to proportion their places with buddies on its Snap Map characteristic, which updates a location handiest when the person has the app open. The corporate mentioned 250 million customers make the most of Snap Map each and every month.
Just like the Snap Map, the brand new characteristic will stay off by means of default. Snapchatters can activate their location “right away,” the corporate mentioned, however handiest with particular buddies. To scale back the chance of stalking, the corporate has restricted the period of time and with whom Snapchatters can proportion their immediate location.
Snapchatters can get started the use of the characteristic by means of going to a pal’s profile and tapping on a brand new possibility that permits for reside sharing. The app supplies an pop-up PSA that advises customers that the characteristic must be shared handiest with relied on family and friends.
The corporate additionally introduced this week that Snapchatters can exchange their usernames beginning on the finish of February — a characteristic in the past unavailable in the United States.
