Snapchat’s added a brand new security characteristic, with “Dwelling Secure” alerts, which can let your pals within the app know that you just’ve arrived residence safely each time activated.
As you possibly can see on this instance, Snap customers will have the ability to activate “Dwelling Secure” inside their location settings, so you possibly can change it on everytime you really feel the necessity to add an additional degree of transparency.
So in case you’re strolling residence at night time, for instance, and your pals are involved, or possibly you’re apprehensive that you just’re probably being adopted. Now you’ll have another choice to make sure that your Snap associates, in any case, know that you just received residence secure. Otherwise you didn’t.
As defined by Snap:
“Beginning in the present day, a brand new characteristic referred to as ‘Dwelling Secure’ will give Snapchatters a easy approach to let a pal know once they’ve returned after being out and about – with out having to recollect to ship a message.”
Customers will have the ability to set their residence location by tapping their Bitmoji on the Snap Map, then choosing “My Dwelling.”
“When you set this up, it’s solely ever seen to you and the chums you’ve got chosen to share your location with on Snap Map.”
Certainly, Snap says that it’s developed Dwelling Alerts with privateness in thoughts, with alerts solely in a position to be despatched to associates that you just already share your location with.
Your arrival notification shall be despatched out one time, then it’ll be deactivated mechanically, so that you received’t have to fret about sending out alerts to your whole Snap associates each single time you arrive residence safely. It’ll solely occur if you’ve manually chosen to activate the notification.
It’s one other safety measure which may assist to offer peace of thoughts to your Snap associates, whereas additionally supplying you with some extra assurance that individuals know the place you’re at, in case one thing occurs.
And whereas associates can already monitor you on the Snap Map, having a message that reassures them of your secure arrival might be one other easy profit, for associates and certain mother and father as properly.
