{"id":640083,"date":"2024-09-30T22:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T19:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/snapchats-new-footsteps-feature-tracks-your-location-history\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T22:55:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T19:55:37","slug":"snapchats-new-footsteps-feature-tracks-your-location-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/snapchats-new-footsteps-feature-tracks-your-location-history\/","title":{"rendered":"#Snapchat\u2019s new Footsteps feature tracks your location history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Snapchat is quietly rolling out a new \u201cFootsteps\u201d feature to all iOS users this week, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The new feature, which was previously only available to Snapchat+ subscribers, uses Snap Map to let you see how much of the world you\u2019ve explored and track where you\u2019ve travel<\/a>ed to.<\/p>\n

The first time you use Footsteps, your first steps will be based on Snaps in your Memories, which means that your past trips still count. After that, Snapchat won\u2019t use any more Memories to add to your Footsteps, and will instead track your travels using location data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Snapchat can only populate your Footsteps if you don\u2019t have Ghost Mode on, which is a setting that prevents Snapchat from showing your location to your friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new feature comes as Snapchat continues to compete with Instagram and TikTok. By building out its Snap Map product, the company is strengthening one of its key differences from its competitors, both of which don\u2019t offer a similar feature (that might change, as Instagram has confirmed it\u2019s developing a \u201cFriends Map\u201d feature).<\/p>\n

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With this new feature, Snap Map will tell you how many countries you have traveled to, and how much of an area you have explored. For instance, the app<\/a> might display that you have explored 30.4% of your city. Or, if you traveled to a new country over the summer, the app might tell you that you explored 5% of Paris.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These percentages are based on the different places where you took and saved Snaps. It\u2019s worth noting that the percentages will only be accurate if you\u2019re an avid user of the app and often save Snaps because they are based on your saved Memories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Going forward, the Map will use location data to show you actual Footsteps on the Map based on where you travel to.<\/p>\n

Your Footsteps are only visible to you, and you can turn the feature off or clear your Footsteps data by going into your Profile and tapping the \u201cSettings\u201d button. Next, you need to scroll down to the \u201cAccount Actions\u201d section and tap \u201cMap.\u201d Then, toggle off \u201cSave new Footsteps as my location updates on the map\u201d to turn off Footsteps. To clear your Footsteps data, tap \u201cClear Footsteps History.\u201d<\/p>\n

The feature is somewhat similar to Google Maps\u2019 \u201cTimeline\u201d feature<\/a> that tracks trips you\u2019ve taken and places you\u2019ve been based on your Location History.<\/p>\n

Snapchat sees the new feature as a way to track your travels and also share your adventures with your friends with a custom sticker that showcases your travels.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch that the company plans to roll out the feature to Android users soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Snapchat is quietly rolling out a new \u201cFootsteps\u201d feature to all iOS users this week, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The new feature, which was previously only available to Snapchat+ subscribers, uses Snap Map to let you see how much of the world you\u2019ve explored and track where you\u2019ve traveled to. The first…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":640084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/snapchat-getty.jpg?w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[5055,61594,128626,152109,31059,4976],"class_list":["post-640083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apps","tag-exclusive","tag-snap","tag-snap-map","tag-social","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}