Snapchat App

Snapchat is my favourite social media app. It is loads of fun, addictive and you can make some great friendships using the App:) For anyone who is not familiar with snapchat, I am including a description of the app and some of its features, I highly suggesting giving this app a try, it's loads of fun!! it is easy to learn to use snapchat, and if you ever need help they have a support section in the app and they answer questions very quickly.



"Snapchat is primarily used for creating multimedia messages referred to as "snaps"; snaps can consist of a photo or a short video, and can be edited to include philtres and effects, text captions, and drawings. A feature known as "Geofilters" was added in July 2014, which allows special graphical overlays to be available if the user is within a certain geographical location, such as a city, event, or destination. The "Lens" feature, introduced in September 2015, allows users to add real-time effects into their snaps by using face detection technology which is activated by long-pressing on a face within the viewfinder.

Snaps can be directed privately to selected contacts, or to a semi-public "Story". The private message photo snaps can be viewed for a user-specified length of time (1 to 10 seconds as determined by the sender) before they become inaccessible. Users were previously required to hold down on the screen in order to view a snap; this behaviour was removed in July 2015. The requirement to hold on the screen was intended to frustrate the ability to take screenshots of snaps; the Snapchat app doesn't prevent screenshots from being taken, but can notify the sender if it detects that it has been saved. Notwithstanding these notifications can be bypassed through either unauthorised modifications to the app or by obtaining the image through external means. One snap per-day can be replayed for free; additional replays can be purchased using microtransactions.

Friends can be added via usernames and phone contacts, using customizable "Snapcodes", or through the "Add Nearby" function, which scans for users near their location who're additionally in the Add Nearby menu. Spiegel explained that Snapchat is intended to counteract the trend of users being compelled to manage an idealised online identity of themselves, which he says has "taken all of the fun out of communicating".

In July 2016, Snapchat introduced a new, optional feature known as "Memories". Memories allows snaps and storey posts to be saved into a private storage area, where they can be viewed alongside additional photos stored on the device, as well as edited and published as snaps, storey posts, or messages. Content can be searched by date or using a local object recognition system. Snaps accessible within Memories can additionally be placed into a "My Eyes Only" area that's locked with a PIN. Snapchat has stated that the Memories feature was inspired by the practise of manually scrolling through photos on a phone to show them to others. "


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