Snap announced on Monday the official launch of their Snapchat for Web, which brings the core features of the mobile app to the desktop. The new web version is much like the mobile app, where users can send snaps and messages and chat via video or regular calls.
“With more than 100 million Snapchatters using our voice and video calling each month on average, we’re excited to offer a new way for our community to keep conversations going on their computers, where they’re already working, learning, and browsing,” Team Snap wrote.
The new Snapchat for Web also includes top messaging features like Chat Reactions and Chat Reply, along with Lenses, which will roll out soon.
To access the new Snapchat for the Web, open your laptop and enter web.snapchat.com. Log in using your Snapchat account with your username and password. Like other messaging apps, connecting to the web will let you continue the conversations started on mobile. Your Bitmoji will appear in the chat icons with a laptop to indicate that you’re accessing the app from the web.
A Snapchat+ subscription is also required to gain access to the new feature. Snapchat+ is a recently launched paid subscription feature that gives subscribers access to a collection of exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features available in the app.
“Over 332 million people worldwide use Snapchat every day to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. We’ve always enjoyed creating new features for our community, and historically we’ve tested new features in different ways, rolling them out to various Snapchatters and geographies,” Team Snap shared.
Snap has always been open about its plans to expand, with its app reaching more countries.
The new Snapchat for Web is available to all Snapchat+ subscribers residing in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, as well as Snapchatters across Australia and New Zealand. The new feature is also expected to cater to the global community soon.
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Source: https://newsroom.snap.com/snapchat-for-web, https://newsroom.snap.com/snapchatplus
