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Snapchat Launches Arrival Notifications for Automatic Destination Alerts

Snap frames the opt-in alerts as a privacy-first safety feature built on Snap Map.

Overview

  • Users can set one-time or recurring Arrival Notifications that automatically alert chosen friends when they reach named locations beyond home.
  • Location sharing on Snap Map remains off by default, and alerts only go to friends the user has explicitly selected to share location with.
  • One-time alerts expire after they are sent or after 24 hours, providing time-limited sharing by design.
  • Setup happens from a friendship profile, where users pick a place on the map, name it, and choose between a single-use or repeating alert.
  • The feature expands the earlier Home Safe tool, which Snap says has surpassed 1 million users, and builds on a Snap Map used by more than 400 million people monthly.