Exact location, screenshot notices and more. This is all you need to know before you start using BeReal.
Have you dared to use BeReal ? The app of French origin that is a hit among the youngest can be a very good alternative to Instagram and its unreal and natural posts, and it can be a lot of fun, especially if your friends are also on it. This social network only allows you to take one photo a day with the rear and front cameras simultaneously. Only, yes, when a notification pops up at a random time of day, and you must also do so within a maximum time of two minutes. It is, in general, a simple mechanic. However, the app hides some little-known functions , but that you should take into account.
And it is that the objective of the app, we reiterate, is to avoid unrealistic publications that are shared between Instagram , where behind a photo there are a thousand repeated shots or where practically any image is edited. BeReal, therefore, is exempt from some of the most important functions of Instagram: there are no filters, no possibility to decorate the post with music or text, and not everyone can see your posts, only those that you have added as a friend.
In the same way, BeReal has some features that Instagram does not include, and whose objective is to increase that “naturalness” among the users who use it. They are the following.
Your friends can see how many times you have redone a BeReal
BeReal, let’s remember, consists of taking a photograph in a maximum time of two minutes. The grace is that it doesn’t matter how you appear in that publication. At the first capture, it is shared. It includes, however, a button that allows you to redo the photo , although it has a trick.
The app can show how many times you have redone a BeReal . That is, the number of times you have clicked on the cross icon and redoed the shot for any reason. The user who sees the image only has to click on the time of publication and see the times in the ‘Redo’ option. Of course, there is a little trick: you just have to force the app to close and open it again if you want to repeat the shot.
It is possible to know the time of publication
BeReal not only shows how long it took you to take the photo after the notification has appeared. It is also possible to know the exact time of publication . To do this, it is only necessary to hold down on the image. If the user has location turned on, the distance away from that person will also be displayed.
On the other hand, those users who publish the BeReal within two minutes after the notification, the exact time will appear directly.
Be careful with location sharing in BeReal
Before sharing the post, BeReal asks for two actions: share it with friends or publicly, and share it with or without the post enabled.
If you choose to share it with the publication activated, you must take into account that your friends will be able to know the exact location in which you have taken the photo . In the event that you have decided to share the post in the BeReal feed, those who are not added to your contacts will see an approximate location. If you decide not to share it, it will not be shown in any case.
The app notifies the screenshots
Beware of taking screenshots of someone else’s BeReal. The app will send a notification as one of your friends has made a , and allows you to see who it was if the account shares your post in another app or simply saves the publication in the gallery.
