takes a page from Foursquare with new map feature

Snapchat takes a page from Foursquare with new map feature that lets users know where you are and what you're doing Snapchat is testing a new feature that lets users share their location via Bitmoji The avatars convey not only location but activities like working, eating, and more Feature is only testing for users in Australia and it's unclear if the trial will expand Snapchat could use location data from users to help advertisers' targeted ads

By James Pero For The Dailymail

Published: 00:03 BST, 4 April 2019 | Updated: 00:17 BST, 4 April 2019

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Snapchat is testing a new feature that lets users notify their friends where they are using a map feature that hearkens back to the popular location-sharing platform Foursquare.

The feature, which is being rolled out to select users in Australia, allows users drop a Bitmoji avatar on the map showing friends where they've been -- or are -- and also what they're doing. 

Avatars can be modified to be more specific than just sharing one's locating by being shown to play sports, work on a computer, play video games, eating, and more. 

Statuses will expand the platform's map feature to include activities and logs of where users have been.

Statuses will expand the platform's map feature to include activities and logs of where users have been.

As reported by TechCrunch, the new feature helps solve one of the biggest perceived problems with the platform's 'Snapmap,' by providing users a way to convey not just where they are but what they're doing and if they're willing to hang out. 

Your locations, or statuses, as they're being called, are only visible to friends that users choose to share with, and disappear entirely from the app if you don't use it for eight hours. 

You can also choose to enter 'ghost mode' making you invisible to other users.

For better or worse, users can also see who has viewed their location. 

The new map addition doesn't stop at just on-the-go location and

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