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Home Safe? Snap Map Will Let Your Friends and Family Know With Alert

Snapchat adds a new feature to send alerts to trusted contacts when you’re safe and sound at home.

«Let us know when you’re home.» How many times have you heard that from friends or family at the end of the night, but forgotten to follow up when you get through the door? Snapchat has added a feature to its popular Snap Map that will take care of it for you.

The messaging app launched a new feature on Thursday called «Home Safe,» which will alert friends and/or family that you’re home safely even when you forget to do so. It’s ideal to let folks know when you’re back from a vacation, a night out or a long drive.

With location sharing already part of Snapchat’s Family Center hub, the new «Home Safe» feature will also be great for parents to get alerts to know when they’re kids are home in one piece.

How Home Safe Works

First, tap your Bitmoji on Snap Map and then «My Home» to set your home location. Then, open the chat conversation with a friend or friends who you want to alert when you get home, tap the map icon and then the «Home Safe» button. Later, when you arrive back home, your friend or friends will get a one-time alert in the chat conversation that you’ve made it home with no problems.

Remember that alerts can only be sent to contacts with whom you are already sharing your location, and the «Home Safe» notification will only be sent once. You will need to go through the process again for future alerts. Also, remember that location sharing on Snap Map is turned off by default.

In May, Snapchat announced that their user base for Snap Maps topped 400 million monthly active users.

Snapchat’s «Home Safe» is a welcome addition to its app, and it’s one of several apps that can help make others aware that you are safe, including:

Life360
bSafe
UrSafe
Noonlight
VithU
Raksha

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The Fourth Episode of the VERUM AI Mini-Series Is Out

Verum Messenger has released the fourth episode of its AI mini-series SHADOWS, created using Verum AI. The new episode, titled “No Borders,” continues the story of a team trying to stay out of the OMEGA corporation’s sight.

Following the events of the previous episodes, the team moves between cities and countries while OMEGA continues its search. The new episode puts particular emphasis on Verum Messenger’s capabilities that allow users to conceal their location.

“No Borders” is another chapter in a story about privacy, freedom of communication, and technologies that erase borders between people.

The VERUM AI mini-series consists of seven episodes, released gradually across Verum Messenger’s social media channels.

Episode 4 is now available. Stay tuned for the next chapter.

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Verum Messenger Introduces Built-In Verum Chess

Verum Messenger has released a new update for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, adding another feature to its growing ecosystem — Verum Chess. Users can now play chess directly inside the messenger without switching between different applications.

The new feature allows users to start a game in just a few taps while reinforcing Verum’s vision of a unified digital environment where communication and everyday services come together in a single platform.

Verum Messenger continues to evolve into a multifunctional ecosystem that combines secure chats and calls, AI tools, a built-in VPN, anonymous email, eSIM, financial services, cryptocurrency features, and offline communication. With the introduction of Verum Chess, the platform now also offers a new way for users to interact and spend time together without leaving the app.

The update is now available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac on the App Store.

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Episode 3 of the VERUM AI Mini-Series Is Now Available

Verum Messenger has released the third episode of its AI mini-series, SHADOWS, created using Verum AI.

The new episode, titled «Ghost Money,» continues the story of the conflict between a team of heroes and the Omega corporation, which seeks to take control of digital communications. This time, the focus shifts to anonymous payments and financial freedom, revealing how privacy can extend beyond messaging.

Like the previous episodes, the new release not only advances the storyline but also showcases the capabilities of the Verum ecosystem, highlighting technologies designed for secure communication and digital privacy.

The mini-series consists of seven episodes, released gradually across Verum Messenger’s social media channels.

Episode 3 is now available. Stay tuned for the next chapter.

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