Instagram is launching a new searchable map experience on the social media app to permit users to explore popular tagged locations nearby, while also letting them filter location results, like cafes, and beauty salons.
Formerly the feature only prolonged to posts that were tagged with locations, but with this new update, users can search the map, filter options, and move the map everywhere to explore options nearby.
Meta trusts the searchable map allows new locations and businesses to be discovered via tagged posts, stories, and guides. Locations can also be found on the map by using applicable hashtags.
By tapping location tags on posts on your feed or stories, you can discover new locations, but can also search places on the Explore page. Users can also browse current stories, posts, and related guides related to the location of tagged locations for additional information.
Locations can also be saved to be revisited later and shared via direct messages to friends or groups. Public profiles can add location tags or stickers to their content to make it seem on the map.
Google’s Senior Vice President Prabhakar Raghavan had freshly observed, conferring to Tech Crunch, that the young generation is often turning to apps like TikTok and Instagram to discover places and facts, as a replacement for of using Google Search and Maps.