Snapchat Brings Live Location Sharing Feature To Its Android, iOS Apps

Last Updated on February 21, 2022 by Anu Joy

Snapchat users will now be able to share their live location with friends with the latest feature introduced by the app on Friday. The Temporary Live Location Sharing feature, which is now available globally for both Android and iOS platforms, will let users share their real-time locations for their friends and family to track them while travelling. Let’s take a closer look at the newly introduced live location sharing feature on Snapchat and find out what it has in store for the users.

How To Share Live Location On Snapchat

The latest Snapchat feature allows users to share their real-time whereabouts with other users on the app for up to eight hours. The new feature is different from the integrated Snap Map already available on the app and works only between friends on an individual basis. You can now choose to share your live location with a special friend without being visible to the entire community on Snapchat.

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In order to share your live location with a user, you must add them as friends on the app. First-time users will see a pop-up window that reminds them that the live location sharing is just intended for close family and friends. This seems to address any privacy issues that could emerge as a result of the new feature.

To share your real-time location on Snapchat, simply go to your friend’s profile and scroll down to find the Share My Live Location option. Snapchat will show a pop-up to inform you about the new feature. Tap Sounds good! and select the time duration (from 15 minutes to 8 hours) for which you want to share your location. Finally, you will see your Bitmoji with a LIVE icon, which won’t be visible to others on the app.

However, you cannot share your location with multiple friends using the Temporary Live Location feature. The feature is said to be an extension of the existing Snap Map feature on Snapchat. While Snap Map updates location information only when the app is open, the latest feature continues to show your location for the pre-selected time frame.

The new Snapchat feature seems to work in line with the live location sharing with contacts on WhatsApp. Snapchat has introduced the feature after receiving community feedback on how the app is being used among the youth and to make the platform safer for youngsters.

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