Never get lost at Glastonbury again! App lets festivalgoers drop pins to keep track of their friends across the 1,000-acre site - here's how to try it
- Vodafone's Official Glastonbury app features a Map Pinning tool
- You can set pins to meet friends, find your tent, and remember where your car is
We've all been there - you go to a festival with the best intentions of sticking with your friends, only to discover that you've lost your way within minutes.
But the days of frantically looking out for your pal's flower crown are finally a thing of the past, thanks to Vodafone's latest app.
The tech giant has launched a new Official Glastonbury Festival App for 2024, which features a Map Pinning tool.
As the name suggests, this allows festivalgoers to set pins to meet their friends, find their tent, and remember where they parked their car.
If you're one of the lucky people heading to Worthy Farm later this month, here's how you can try it.
We've all been there - you go to a festival with the best intentions of sticking with your friends, only to discover that you've lost your way within minutes. But the days of frantically looking out for your pal's flower crown are finally a thing of the past, thanks to Vodafone's latest app (stock image)
Vodafone has launched a new Official Glastonbury Festival App for 2024, which features a Map Pinning tool. As the name suggests, this allows festivalgoers to set pins to meet their friends, find their tent, and remember where they parked their car
The new app was announced by Vodafone this week, and includes several never-before-seen features.
'Glastonbury Festival is one of the premier events of the summer, and we want to make sure we deliver an app to help visitors get the most out of the festival along with connectivity to match,' said Rob Winterschladen, Consumer Director at Vodafone UK.
'We're delighted to have delivered not one, but a number of never-before-seen features to our 2024 Festival App.'
Map Pinning can be used to pin key locations across the 1,000-acre sites, whether it's your tent, your car, or your spot next to the Pyramid Stage.
These pins can then be shared with your friends, so you can all keep track of each others' whereabouts.
To use Map Pinning, open the Glastonbury App, and tap the 'Map' tab at the bottom of the screen.
Pinch the screen to zoom in or out, before finding the spot where you'd like to drop your pin.
In the bottom right corner of the screen, tap 'Add pin', before refining the spot and giving it a name.
Once you've saved your pin, tap on it to share it with friends. You'll have the option to share for 1 hour, 3 hours, or 1 days.
'Share your location only with trusted friends to protect your privacy and safety,' Vodafone said.
Speaking to MailOnline, Jake Moore, Global Cybersecurity Advisor at ESET, urged anyone using the Map Pinning tool to be cautious.
'Everytime you enable an app or service to track your location, you are letting go of another part of your privacy which could later be taken advantage of and even used by third party companies to learn your movements,' he said.
Map Pinning can be used to pin key locations across the 1,000-acre sites, whether it's your tent, your car, or your spot next to the Pyramid Stage
'Furthermore, the more apps that request your location, the easier it becomes to simply allow others to know exactly where you always are which could be unnerving at a later time.
'However, if you do choose to share locations with anyone, it is far safer to do so with one trusted friend and have them follow you and use the trusted native Find My apps on your Apple or Android phone.
'Ironically, when there are enormous crowds of people gathered in one location using a small number of nearby phone masts, bandwidth is often at maximum capacity due to the sheer number of people trying to use their data so this feature still might not work as well as it should.
'Moreover, the more your phone tries to connect to 3G / 4G / 5G, the more the battery has to work which, in turn, can drain the power. In this scenario, old fashioned SMS messages (not iMessages) are often simpler and more likely to get through.'
Beyond the map, one of the biggest updates is the integration with Spotify, which means users can access personalised recommendations on artists performing at Glastonbury based on their listening habits.
'When connecting to their Spotify, users will be served with their Top 10 artists from the Line-up, in addition to a wider selection of recommendations via the Discover More option,' Vodafone explained in a blog.
'Perfect for discovering a hot new artist or spotting an existing favourite they may have missed in the packed line-up.'
The free Official Glastonbury Festival app can be downloaded now from the Apple Store and Google Play Store.
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