Saturday, November 23rd

    Snapchat’s new Footsteps feature tracks your location history

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    Snapchat is introducing "Footprints" functionality to iOS users, allowing users to navigate the world and view their travels on the Snap Map.

    Snapchat has begun its gradual release of the new “Footprints” functionality to all the iOS users, the company told TechCrunch on Monday. This particular new feature which was available only to Snapchat plus subscribers earlier allows you to navigate the parts of the world you have set your feet upon, while also showing you the places you have traveled in the map known as the Snap Map. 


    When this feature Footsteps is being introduced, the very first will then be made utilizing Snaps from your Memories which implies that previous holidays will be considered. From then on, Snapchat will abandon having your Memories supplement your tracks and will surrender collecting Memories of all your trips through GPS location. People will access that option to be traced by Snapchat even if you wish not to be by turning off the Ghost Mode, which is a feature that stops Snapchat from disclosing a user’s location to friends.


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    The introduction of the new feature comes at a time when Snapchat is still fighting out to the end with Instagram and TikTok. In growing their Snap Map product, the firm is focusing on differentiating itself from its two main competitors, which do not have this feature engine, although this may change at any time, since Instagram has previously acknowledged having been working on “friends” functionality.


    There are more additional information that will be communicated by Snap Map, in particular how many countries you have journeyed and how many of its continents have been explored. For instance, the app may tell you that you have explored 30.4% of this particular area, or that you have traveled a summer vacation extended to a new country, the app may even tell you that you have explored the

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