You might have forgotten, but Snapchat, along with its photo sharing capabilities, also has a ‘chat’ feature within the app. For most people, it goes unnoticed, but Snapchat has made a few changes in their recent update to stop its users from only swiping open a text conversation accidentally.
The best improvement made in this new update has to be the stickers. Now, you can send a sticker of an trendy avocado or a squad of cool cats to your BFF. What’s better than that? (Hint: nothing.) The list of possibilities is long, so Snapchat even added a keyboard to search keywords for the many stickers you have to choose from!
@Snapchat your new update describes all my moods pic.twitter.com/5lq943cquK
— julie (@julizhen) March 30, 2016
Along with loads of fun stickers to spice up your snaps, there are also new video and audio call features! These work much like FaceTime and Skype, but they’re now convieniently in an app you’re already using to send all your selfies and hilarious home movies. Similarly, if you or your friend can’t have a full on call at the moment, you can now send video or audio notes. Just hold down the video call button, and you can either record a (10 second long) video or audio blurb that your friend can check out later.
According to Refinery29, Snapchat spoke about the latest update recently, saying that their goal is to have an easy transition between texting, calling and video chatting, so it feels like you’re talking in person. We think that that’s a great way to view the future of social media. Do you agree, collegiettes? Check out the latest update and let us know if Snapchat is accomplishing their goal.
Happy snapping!