In the future, parents will be able to keep track of their children’s whereabouts through Snapchat. The American company announced this in a blog entry and explained how it should work. In the future, people registered as parents or legal guardians in the app will be able to ask about the location of their children using a new button. They can also share their location. They can then specify three locations – for example, school or their own home. As soon as a family member arrives or leaves one of these locations, there is a notification for parents. The new features are expected to roll out in the next few weeks.
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The new features aim to give parents greater peace of mind, SNAP explains and connectsThat they are based on one of the most popular mapping services around. More than 350 million people use Snap Maps every month to share their locations with contacts. Parents can already control who their kids share their location data with. By default, the function is disabled and there is no way to share location with accounts that are not confirmed friends. However, it is possible to share your location data with all contacts. But they will be reminded to check this setting.
Snapchat is one of the most popular social networks, especially among youth. According to the latest ARD/ZDF media study 9 percent of Germans over the age of 14 use the app every day, and 13 percent use the app at least once a month. This puts Snapchat a little behind TikTok, but far ahead of X and other short messaging services, for example. According to the latest data, the photo and video app is continuously growing, but is stuck in losses. The number of daily active users worldwide is 443 million. With sales of $1.37 billion, the company incurred a tidy loss of $153 million in the most recent quarter.
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