Instagram now offers a new card experience for Android and iPhone userswhich should allow you to rediscover local businesses and find popular places around you more easily. As the social network announced, you can now tap location tags inside a post in your feed or in a friend’s Story to find places around you.
However, the coolest part is that you can now manually find locations through the Explore tab as well. You can search for a place in the search bar and tap on the search result, which will open the establishment in question, or you can simply type the name of your city or your district, and the application will show you the popular places around you.
Instagram also added filter options which allow you to find places by category. For now, there are 6 categories of filters: Restaurants, Cafes, Tourist Sites, Hotels, Parks and Gardens, and Bars. Just tap on the type of place you want to visit, and Instagram will list all the places around you that fall into that category.
New map, who this? 🌐🗺️
Now you can now find popular locations around you or filter by categories like cafes or beauty salons. pic.twitter.com/asQR4MfljC
— Instagram (@instagram) July 19, 2022
While Instagram’s new map feature will undoubtedly make it easier for you to find more places, it’s important to point out that Instagram isn’t the only platform with such a feature.
For quite some time now, Snapchat has offered pretty much the same feature. You can go to Snapchat map and basically find various establishments around you. Also, just like Instagram, Snapchat has 6 filter options that will help you find the place you are looking for more easily.
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