Snapchat Is Finally Coming To the Web (cnbc.com) 24
After over a decade as a mobile-only service, Snapchat is coming to your desktop. CNBC reports: Snap, the parent of the popular photo and messaging app, said Monday that it's debuting Snapchat for Web, allowing users to send messages and make video calls to their contacts from their computers. The new desktop version of Snapchat will at first only be available to Australian and New Zealand users, in addition to Snapchat+ subscribers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Snap launched Snapchat+ in June, allowing users to pay $3.99 a month for more advanced features, like changing the style of their app icon and seeing who's viewed their content.
The web offering will be a more stripped-down version of the mobile app, primarily focusing on the app's messaging feature as opposed to its Stories feature. Like the core Snap app, messages will disappear after 24 hours, and any Snaps users watch from their desktop computers will delete right after viewing. Eventually, Snap says it will bring more features of the app to desktop version, including the ability for users to liven up their video calls with the use of Lenses. Currently, people will have to access Snapchat for Web via the Chrome browser, but the company said that it would soon support other browsers and could release a desktop app in the future.
The web offering will be a more stripped-down version of the mobile app, primarily focusing on the app's messaging feature as opposed to its Stories feature. Like the core Snap app, messages will disappear after 24 hours, and any Snaps users watch from their desktop computers will delete right after viewing. Eventually, Snap says it will bring more features of the app to desktop version, including the ability for users to liven up their video calls with the use of Lenses. Currently, people will have to access Snapchat for Web via the Chrome browser, but the company said that it would soon support other browsers and could release a desktop app in the future.
Don't care (Score:4, Insightful)
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Yup, agreed. Don't care [9cache.com].
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Ditto. I only know one person who uses it. Many use Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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But you cared enough to come on the thread and tell us you don't care. So there's that.
Hmm. (Score:3)
oh boy (Score:3)
OMG OMG OMG OMG (Score:1)
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Which one is Snapchat again?
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It's the one with all the face filters and porn.
Does Chrome app = Android app? (Score:2)
Will their Chrome App actually use the Camera to take pictures at full quality, or will it simply screenshot over the top of the camera app like the Android app does?
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Finally the year of Snapchat on the desktop!
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Linux comes ON your desktop.
And does not even have the decency to offer me a cigarette when it's done!
DOA (Score:2)
Just like how Facebook died when they added features other than sending messages and photos to friends, Snapchat died years ago when they added those "news feed/story" things. RIP.
I'm so excited, I peed a little! (Score:2)
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Based on the name, I am guessing that it is a sassy chat service
You say 'finally' as if that's a good thing (Score:3)
It's not. Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram are causing mental illness in adolescents. They should be regulated the same as Adderall and Prozac.
This is actually good news. (Score:2)
I won't SMS / RCS / iMessage / Telegram / Signal. Anything that wants to use a Phone Number is bad and stupid. The last thing on Earth I want to do is disclose anything that could potentially make my phone ring.
WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are owned by Meta and that's never going to happen.
No one is willing to use whatever Google's Messaging tool is this week. I liked Hangouts. Don't care for Chat or Meet. Yes, there's a difference.
I don't trust Discord to do even one single thing right.
GenZ refuses to e
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Just say no (Score:2)