How to use Instagram Map and set your location sharing preferences

This week, Instagram has introduced a new snap map -like feature Instagram map It allows our users to share their recent active location with others and discover location-based content.

If you decide to turn your position on the Instagram map, when you open the app or are running in the background, only your position is updated, which means it does not provide updates on the uninterrupted, real-time position. This is different from the snap map, which allow users to choose if the app is updated only or if their position has been updated only in real time.

Meta says the location is stopped by default on the Instagram map. Follow Concern Around the protection, Instagram Head Adam Mossary Users have assured that the feature is opt-in, and mentioned that some people are “confused” about how the feature works.

For example, people are accessing the feature and then the map with information on some user’s location looks populated. This is because the feature is automatically posted in the recently posted story or location tags from the reel so that a tagged position includes.

It is noted that this is not new, because the location tag was visible to the users in the scene of its map on Instagram. However, the new Instagram map feature makes this information much easier to access. The new feature that you want to post with your own stories and reels position tags can revisit the new feature (especially if you are still in position).

We will continue with the steps below for those who want to make sure that their position is closed on the Instagram map.

How to access the Instagram map

To access the new feature you need to navigate (direct message) to your DMS page and tap the new “map” option on the top. If this is your first time access to the feature you will probably see a pop-up message to inform you about the new map.

Pop-up will tell you that no one will see your position until you shared with them and you can change your settings at any time.

How to set your choices to share your position

When you open the map for the first time, you will see a page that reads “who can see your position”. From there, you can choose to share it with your friends (you followers followers), “List your close friends, select the user or none.

To change your preferences, you need to click on your profile, tap the settings option in the upper-right corner, select the “Story, Live and Location” option and then tap the “Sharing Location” button. Here, you will be able to change your settings.

Keep in mind that if your position is stopped, others can still share their position with you which means you will be able to see them on the map.

How to use the Instagram map

When you open the app, you will see the locations of friends who have shared their position with you. You will also see position -based stories and reels from the people you follow.

For example, if your friend attends a nearest music festival and posts a story while there is a story, it will appear on the map. Similarly, if you follow a creator, you have posted a reel about a new restaurant in your city, you will be able to discover it on the Instagram map.

Even if your location is closed, you will see location-based content on the map.

You can leave short, temporary messages or “notes” on the map to visit others. Instagram notes are short messages that are currently displayed at the top of your direct messaging feed, with the introduction of the Instagram map you will now see these posts on the map if they are shared with any location.