Snapchat Adds ‘Home Safe’ Alerts for Extra Safety and Assurance – Yahoo Finance

Andrew Hutchinson Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 11:39 AM 1 min read In This Article: This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. Snapchat’s added a new safety feature, with “Home Safe” alerts, which will let your friends in the app know that you’ve arrived home safely whenever activated. As you can see in this example, Snap users will be able to activate “Home Safe” within their location settings, so you can switch it on whenever you feel the need to add an extra level of transparency. So if you’re walking home at night, for example, and your friends are concerned, or maybe you’re worried that you’re potentially being followed. Now you’ll have another option to ensure that your Snap friends, at the least, know that you got home safe. Or you didn’t. As explained by Snap: “ Starting today, a new feature called ‘Home Safe’ will give Snapchatters a simple way to let a friend know when they’ve returned after being out and about – without having to remember to send a message.” Users will be able to s et their home location by
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