Nigeria, May 8 -- Snapchat has announced that Snap Map now has over 400 million people using it every month.

This update marks a new step for one of the platform's most popular features, which has become a major part of how users connect on the app.

Snap Map was first introduced in 2017 as a way for users to share their location with friends and view public content from around the world.

Since then, it has grown to offer more tools that let users explore their surroundings, find local places to visit, and see what's happening nearby.

Snapchat has been gradually improving the feature over the years. Last year, it added something called "Footsteps" that allows people to track where they've been.

The company also added "Promoted Places,...