{"id":449178,"date":"2022-06-17T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T07:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=449178"},"modified":"2022-06-17T09:47:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T07:47:15","slug":"snapchat-testing-subscription-service-with-friend-location-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/449178-snapchat-testing-subscription-service-with-friend-location-tracking.html","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat testing subscription service with friend location tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snapchat is testing a paid subscription that will give users early access to new features and, according to app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, could also show you your friends&#8217; whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re doing early internal testing of Snapchat Plus, a new subscription service for Snapchatters,&#8221; Snap spokesperson Liz Markman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/6\/16\/23171872\/snapchat-plus-subscription-test-features-bff-viewer-log\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a><\/strong> The Verge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re excited about the potential to share exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features with our subscribers, and learn more about how we can best serve our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paluzzi revealed several additional features that could be included with the platform&#8217;s subscription service, including pinning a friend as your #1 BFF, getting access to exclusive icons, and viewing your friends&#8217; locations over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So&#8230; by subscribing to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Snapchat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Snapchat<\/a>+ you can:<br \/>\n1&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Pin a friend as a #1 BFF<br \/>\n2&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Get access to exclusive Snapchat icons<br \/>\n3&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; Display a badge in your profile<br \/>\n4&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; See your orbit with BFF<br \/>\n5&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; See your Friend&#8217;s whereabouts in the last 24 hours<br \/>\n6&#xfe0f;&#x20e3; See how many friends have rewatched your story<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex193a\/status\/1537440477238071299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Paluzzi specified that your friends would have to share their location for you to see their whereabouts over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex193a\/status\/1537396142597619714?s=20&amp;t=oJJX7qqB39FGnvpd47hi0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paluzzi&#8217;s posts<\/a><\/strong>, the subscription service \u2014 Snapchat+ \u2014 will cost \u20ac4.59 (R77) a month, \u20ac24.99 (R420) for six months, or \u20ac45.99 (R774) for 12 months.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/449008-adobe-tests-free-web-based-photoshop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe tests free web-based Photoshop<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snapchat&#8217;s subscription service will give users early access to new features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":449180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934,16],"tags":[79120,79122,22637],"class_list":["post-449178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","category-software","tag-alessandro-paluzzi","tag-liz-markman","tag-snapchat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449188,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449178\/revisions\/449188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}