
Snapchat Releases 'Maps' Feature That Reveals Location Of Your Friends
By Mark PygasNov. 8 2018, Updated 10:51 a.m. ET
The past few days, Snapchat has been launching a new feature that lets other people find out exactly where you are at any given moment. Snap Maps lets you and your friends share your location in real-time, with frightening accuracy right down to the street you're on.
The map will also show your friends, and group your friends together, if they're close enough that it seems like they're possibly doing something together.
Unsurprisingly, parents are already concerned about the feature. “Snapchat has introduced a new tracker in the update where you can view the exact location of your friends,” reads a viral post by parent Pat Ramsey. “It can give you the area, town, and street and if you zoom in enough, it shows the house on the street layout."
And younger social media users have their concerns too, although it's for a far different reason.
Snapchat sharing location update has me SHOOK ...Everybody gunna get caught up lyin now 😭💀 pic.twitter.com/o5YPxy7kxg
— T ÿ ł ë r 🌹✨ (@Tyler_scott03) June 22, 2017
snap update boutta ruin lives pic.twitter.com/mvaMD7Mp7Y
— lui (@alexissullyy) June 22, 2017
If you're in a relationship and worried about the snapchat update you probably shouldn't be in one https://t.co/4a7ZLC4C64
— Shafeeq (@Y2SHAF) June 22, 2017
them: "u home??"
— robyn (@somalijawn) June 22, 2017
me: "na wassup?"
them:"......snapchat says u home tho?"
me: pic.twitter.com/5dkIatph9J
Y'all better go ghost mode because this will put some of y'all lives in danger😂😂😂 @Snapchat tripping. pic.twitter.com/vNBi8im11s
— #BaddieBashJae (@madamjaeg) June 22, 2017
Y'all better go ghost mode because this will put some of y'all lives in danger😂😂😂 @Snapchat tripping. pic.twitter.com/vNBi8im11s
— #BaddieBashJae (@madamjaeg) June 22, 2017
When you realise you can't tell your friends you're "five minutes away" because they can now see you on the new Snapchat update pic.twitter.com/d9mgnQxK9J
— b.b (@Benoo_Brown) June 22, 2017
Girlfriend: You home yet babe?
— J o e y 💎 (@Jdxthompson) June 22, 2017
Boyfriend: Nah I'm still at work
Girlfriend: Snapchat says you're not at work so where the fuck are you???🙃
snapchat added a new map feature so now u can see all your friends hanging out together without you
— meme god (@MEMESG0D) June 22, 2017
If the new Snapchat update is going to ruin your relationship then I'm sorry but you shouldn't be in one 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— zo ✨🌸 (@_zoejadeex) June 22, 2017
If you'd rather not have people trace your every step, you can opt out. To do this, open Snapchat and pinch the screen as if you were zooming out. This will launch Snap Maps, and if it's your first time opening the new feature, you'll be given the chance to enable ghost mode. You can enable or disable ghost mode at any time by clicking the gear icon in the top right corner of Snap Maps.