Snapchat will now alert your friends when you make it home
Snap’s Home Safe feature could help you stay connected and safe without lifting a finger.
We've all said, “text me when you get home,” and then forgotten to follow up, either from exhaustion or distraction. Now, Snapchat’s trying to take the mental load off with a new feature called Home Safe.
Built into Snap Map, which the company says already sees over 400 million users each month, Home Safe lets you automatically notify a trusted contact when you’ve made it home safely.
You just set your home location (visible only to you), choose a contact you already share your location with, and enable a one-time alert before heading out. Once Snapchat detects you’ve arrived, it quietly sends them a message in your chat.
Louis Eriakha
It could be a small fix for a very real behavior we see every day from our friends and family. And unlike Apple’s Check In, which shares more detailed activity and estimated time of arrival (ETA) data, or Life360’s full-blown family tracking, Snapchat’s approach seems designed to feel light, quick, and not overbearing.
It also ties into the Snap Map experience that so many users already rely on.
Plus, in a year where Meta, TikTok, and others have been racing to turn social apps into shopping malls and content farms, I think it’s refreshing to see a feature that leans into how people use messaging apps in the real world, not just how they post.
Sometimes, safety is social. It feels like Snapchat remembers that.
Louis Eriakha
