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Instagram is working on a ‘Friend Map’ feature that would let you track friends’ locations


Instagram is developing an opt-in "Friend Map" feature that would allow users to see their friends' locations in real time.

If Instagram plans to officially launch the Friend Map, it would be copying yet another popular feature from Snapchat, after cloning the app’s core Stories functionality back in 2016. Instagram also has an opportunity to appeal to people who were fans of Zenly, a social map app that Snap acquired and then shut down last year. According to screenshots posted on Threads by Paluzzi, Instagram’s Friend Map would allow users to choose who can see their location.

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