Snapchat’s next big feature wants to get you to meet up with friends in real life rather than just watching each other’s lives on your phones.
Snap Map lets you share your current location, which appears to friends on a map and updates when you open Snapchat. It’s rolling out today to all iOS and Android users globally.
“We’ve built a whole new way to explore the world! See what’s happening, find your friends, and get inspired to go on an adventure!,” Snap writes on its blog
How to use Snapchat’s Snap Map
When you open Snapchat once you have access to the feature, you can choose to share your location with all your friends, a few friends you select or you can disappear from the map at any time by going into Ghost Mode or not opening Snapchat for a few hours.
Alternatively, location sharing is turned off by default and you can leave it that way to just lurk, watching what friends are up to.
To access the Snap Map, you pinch on your Snapchat camera home screen. From there you can scroll around to see where friends are in your city or around the world. Tapping on their “ActionMoji” BitMoji avatar opens their Story to show what they’re up to, or lets you message them directly to make meetup plans.
Snapchat automatically picks an ActionMoji for you based on your location, time of day and other factors.
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