After several months of trial, The Instagram map has finally reached the application. It is a functionality that is clearly inspired by Snapchat maps and that It allows you to know the position of your friends Depending on where content published, all within the application.
It is an evolution of the map of the positions launched in 2022, which allows you to explore the publications of any user in any part of the world, but this time he focused on your friends. Do you want to know something more about her? We will tell you all the next.
From ‘to your friends where you were and see where they were with the new Instagram map
In addition to the playing launch, Instagram has made its new map official To connect with your friends and discover new places Thanks to them. Why? Because with him You can share your last position with those friends you chooseBut you can also see theirs when you open the map, if they share it.
Do you want to see how your friends went during a concert you couldn’t participate? Open the Instagram map e You can see all the publications of those who shared their position In that place. Do you have a stay with the friends you are going late and don’t know where it is? If any of them are already published and has the position activated, you can see what they walk and how to fall easily on the spot.
Are you worried about the privacy of your position and is shared with the people you don’t want? Quiet, Instagram thought of everything and This function is deactivated by default. In addition, you can completely customize this feature. For example, Choose who you want to share your location On the Instagram map. That’s all you can customize:
- Choose who to share your position with: With friends (follower who also follow), the best friends (intimate friends / green circle), only selected friends or with anyone.
- You can decide whether or not to share the specific location somewhere or with someone.
- The location will be updated when you open Instagram Only if you activated the “sharing position”, whether it opens it for the first time, as if it were in the background. And yes, you can disable it at any time.
- The position of sharing is compatible with parental checksSo you can decide if your child can use this feature. And if you decide to activate it, you will also receive a notification that warns you and you can check how its position is shared.
Now, the new Instagram map does not work only with friends. If you are a creator of local content, you can also enable it To advertise a new place you visited and worthy of being visited (or not).
But to all these … What types of publications are what you can find on the map? Of any kind, although there is a differentiating element with one of them:
- Coils, normal publications and stories of people who follow Will be available 24 hours from their publication.
- The notes will also be available for 24 hoursBut only among the people who follow.
How to see the Instagram map? How to deactivate it? And which countries are now available?
The new map of Instagram positions It was presented in the United States And, for the moment, it will only be available in that country. It is different from the repost tab and the new “Friends” tab when it explored the coils, which were launched globally. But how It is a matter of time for the map also crossing the edgesSo let’s say how to see it.
You can find the map of Instagram positions When you open the input tray of the direct message. Just where the notes of your friends are, there you can see the map to access.
What happens if you want to deactivate or change with who share the location? So visit our article on how to deactivate your position on Instagram, what we did when this function was in the trial period and in which we told you the whole process.
Fuente | Half
