Snapchat and Skype have released a series of updates designed to protect their users beyond the digital realm. The new features cover aspects such as being able to share live location through geolocation systems, or make emergency calls from a computer.
The step that both companies have taken speaks of the importance that this type of online platform is giving to the security of its users, extending its radius of action beyond the web sphere.
Such This is the case of Snapchat, the messaging application, which will now allow its more than 300 million users to share their live location with their contacts, something that until now was impossible.
As part of the new function, users They will be able to choose the time that the information about their location will be available, with periods that can range from 15 minutes to eight hours. This function is not active by default, so it is necessary to enter the app settings to manage and activate it.
With the launch of this tool, Snapchat joins other applications such as WhatsApp which already allows its users to share their location in real time with other people on the messaging platform.
Something similar happens in the case of iPhone phone users who have enjoyed a very similar function thanks to the “Find My” application that allows the live location of the user to be sent to other people.
For its part, in the case of Skype, the platform owned by Microsoft, incorporated into its application the option for users to make emergency phone calls using only a computer with Internet access.
It should be noted that this function is only available for res identified in the United States.
Similarly, Skype will now be able to send the emergency services information concerning the location of the user who made the emergency call. The changes also extend to voice messages and now these will go from having a duration of up to 5 minutes
The new feature of Skype is excellent news, especially for those occasions in which you do not have a telephone or it is necessary to receive help from the services of emergency.
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