Google continues the development of a mapping app based on social media posts and focused on Generation Z

30 Jan. (Portaltic/EP) –

Google continues the development of a map application focused on the youth of Generation Z and that Allows you to bookmark and save places that users find on the most popular social networks like Instagram and TikTok.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced a few days ago that it would cut around 12,000 jobs worldwide, that is, 6 percent of its workforce. The company would have made this decision to address the weakening of economic conditions, as reported at the time by the CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai.

A part of those affected by this massive dismissal belonged to Area 120an incubator of ideas and projects in which services such as the operating system have been developed Fuchsia, Aloud, Checks, Stack and qaya.

Of all the projects that were in development before Google announced its staff restructuring, at least three of them they would have been saved from the sieve in Area 120, as has been advanced TechCrunch.

These three, which are going to be transferred to other development areas of the company, are a video dubbing solution called Loud, a privacy platform for name app developers checks and a more unknown app, Liist.

Unlike the rest of the projects Area 120, which have been developed in-house, Google bought this latest app last year. As commented by the co-founder and Product Manager of this area, David Friedl to this medium, the development team has continued working “in a Gen 12 consumer product” inside Area 120.

For his part, the SEO consultant at G-Squared Interactive, focused on the recovery of Google algorithm updates, has confirmed this information on Twitter and has advanced what does this job consist of?

“Liist is an application that allows you to save places from Instagram and TikTok”, as well as search in lists and find out the most notable places shared by users in case of pressing the ‘Radar’ option, he stressed in this tweet.

This app offers screenshots of Instagram posts that include the tagged and saved locations in your listing, as well as custom icons.

In addition, saved places can be shared via links with other contacts and also offers a collection of the most prominent places in the application, as anticipated 9to5Google.