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Instagram is testing its own take on Snap Maps

The Instagram camera icon on a pink, blue, and black background
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge

Instagram has starting testing a new feature that looks a whole lot like Snap Maps.

This allows Instagram users to post text and video updates to a map based on where they were taken. The map is shared with friends, whose updates can all appear alongside each other. It is, pretty much, just Snap Maps, which was originally launched in 2017.

The difference for now seems to be that Instagram may have much more limited privacy settings. Users have to choose a “specific group of people” to share their location with, such as “Close Friends or only followers they follow back,” Christine Pai, a Meta spokesperson, told The Verge. Snapchat allows public posts to Snap Maps.

Instagram’s feature is currently only available as a “small test” in a few…

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