Live Location is a feature on Snapchat that allows users to share their exact location with close friends and family in real-time. Heres how it works:
- To share your Live Location, go to a Friendship Profile on Snapchat and tap "Share My Live Location" under the "Snap Map" section.
- Choose how long you want to share your Live Location with a close friend or family member. You can choose to share your location for 15 minutes, an hour, or 8 hours at a time.
- Once you've shared your Live Location, specific contacts can keep tabs on you by tracking your movements until you get to your destination or until you feel safe enough to stop sharing.
- Users have to mutually opt into Live Location sharing in order to use it, which means that you and your friend both have to agree to share your locations with each other.
- Live Location is displayed in your private chat window with your chosen connection, with a timer at the top of the map display counting down the sharing time.
Snapchat's Live Location feature is designed to be used as a "buddy system" of sorts, allowing friends and family to keep track of each other's movements for safety purposes. It's important to note that users have the option to pause location tracking without sending a notification at any time, so there are privacy considerations built-in. Additionally, Live Location is switched off by default, and you can only share your real-time location with chosen connections, one-by-one, via each friend's profile.
