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The easiest way to mark exactly where special moments occurred 📸

Check out #HowTo use our app’s Photo mode. It adds a what3words address sticker onto your favourite memories, so you can share with friends and re-visit that exact location with ease 💪

⚙️Open Settings > Photo mode
📸Snap a picture, or import one from your gallery
📍Refine the square chosen if needed
❤️Choose your favourite sticker style, and hit save

Download the app and try it out now 💥

"So it really takes the search out of search and rescue" 🚨

For our community members on the other side of the Atlantic 🇺🇸 : we're constantly working with businesses and emergency services partners across the UK to bring what3words to as many people as possible, and it's great to see when they recommend our app to the public 👏

Check out what our recent partners - City of Austin 911 dispatchers - have to say about how what3words helps locate callers’ in emergencies 🙌

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/austin-dispatchers-app-locate-safety-texas

When you want to remember exactly where something happened ⚽️ 🏆🦁

#KnowExactlyWhere

A royal recommendation 👑

In light of the predicted #heatwave and increasing risk of #wildfires, the Queen’s team shared a an important message to the public: Download and use what3words to easily report precise locations in emergencies 🚨

#AppUpdate: Launching our new and improved Compass feature 🧭 🚨

In the latest version of the what3words app, we’ve improved one of the navigation options – the what3words Compass 🧭 It points users in the right direction of their chosen what3words address, even offline 🙌 To test it out, simply download the latest version of our app and complete the following:

📲 Enter the what3words address you’re going to
🧭 Tap ‘Navigate’ and select ‘what3words Compass’
➡️ Follow the direction of the arrow to your destination. The distance from your destination will be displayed at the top of the screen, and the green arrow will turn into a tick once you’ve arrived.


Check out this step-by-step tutorial 👇

A baaa-d situation that turned out well 🐑 👇

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/sheep-rescued-from-runcorn-canal/

Another #KnowExactlyWhere week spotlight story 🔦

Our community member Jim Newman is part of the Wildax Enthusiast Group who are all avid what3words users 🎉 They recently organised a huge 100+ person event and came up with the unique idea of a what3words raffle 💡

Each person put down the what3words address of where their van was parked into a pot, and a random entry was pulled out as the winner 🏆 Whoever's van occupied the space covered by the 3 winning words took home a generous gift 💙

Find out what happened at David’s holiday cottage, and how 3 words helped potentially save a life 😮

A few weeks ago, we asked you to share the different ways you use what3words, & we're kicking off Day 3️⃣ of #KnowExactlyWhere week by sharing Ken's story 💪

Inspired by an age-old chimney pot makers tradition, Ken always leaves a hidden message within his renovation house projects – for future generations to find 🔎🕵️‍♂️

In his newly renovated present house 🏡, very old floorboards were reused to up cover a wall. He's marked them with a message and the what3words address of the exact building they came from 😮

Stay tuned for more stories like this, and feel free to share the different ways you use what3words too 🙌

It's #KnowExactlyWhere week 💪 🚨

It's been a hot and busy summer, and emergency services are calling for people to familiarise themselves with what3words so it’s easy to pinpoint their location should an emergency arise 💡

Outdoor swims, picnics and walks are ramping up and with 85% of UK Emergency Services now using what3words, this awareness week aims to encourage people to download and use our app as they venture out this #summer 🚶‍♀️🥾

Join in by sharing stories of how you use what3words using #KnowExactlyWhere 🙌