Snapchat’s rolling out some new options for the vacations, that are designed to present your Snap expertise a Christmas-themed refresh.
Nicely, in the event you’re a Snapchat+ subscriber at the very least.
First off, Snapchat+ subscribers will get entry to new app theme choices, together with seasonal backgrounds and buttons.
As you’ll be able to see in these examples, the choice themes will make our app look extra Christmas-y, with new shade palettes and presentation types.
Snapchat+ customers will have the ability to decide from a choice of preset shade schemes and “remodel the feel and appear of their Snapchat throughout each tab.”
And so they do look attention-grabbing. Possibly not fairly attention-grabbing sufficient to pay for Snapchat+ in the event you’re not a passionate Snap consumer, however attention-grabbing nonetheless.
Snap’s additionally rolling out new Bitmoji reactions in chats (additionally for Snapchat+ subscribers solely).
So in the event you’re a paying consumer, you’ll have all-new methods to make use of your Bitmoji character to rapidly reply to feedback in-stream.
That will nicely get a number of extra folks signing as much as this system, which already has 12 million subscribers.
For non-paying customers, Snapchat’s additionally acquired an up to date choice of holiday-themed Lenses, together with a brand new AI-generated “Ugly Sweater” generator.
It’s additionally rolling out an possibility to avoid wasting all the messages in a dialog for seven days.
Which appears to go in opposition to a key commandment of Snapchat use, in that your messages auto delete after 24 hours. However perhaps, with folks going away on holidays, and teenagers doubtlessly shedding entry to their system, or connectivity, over the interval, having an extended retention time can be of worth.
It gained’t save your Snap Streaks, however at the very least you’ll nonetheless have the ability to view your chats.
Value noting, too, that Snapchat+ subscribers can already opt-in to preserving their Tales lively for as much as every week. So perhaps diverting from Snap’s conventional cut-off dates is just not as sacred because it was as soon as thought of.
The longer retention time is opt-in, by all chat contributors, and Snapchat hasn’t famous whether or not it is a non permanent addition for the interval, or a everlasting setting to any extent further.
These are some attention-grabbing updates, which may assist Snap to spice up curiosity over the vacations, and get extra customers paying for its add-on parts.
And with Snap additionally just lately increasing its Snapchat+ gifting choices, you’ll be able to think about that many teenagers can be excitedly logging into these new options on Christmas Day.
You possibly can learn extra about Snapchat’s newest function updates right here.
