Snapchat, the ephemeral photo and video app, will offer its paying subscribers a desktop version of its messaging. Called “Snapchat for Web”, this new version of messaging will be very similar to the mobile application.
Users will be able to chat without having to take out their smartphone and make video calls with two or more people. Similarly, a user can call from their smartphone to a computer.
The “snaps”, ephemeral photos that are the heart of the application, will be available later, as well as the famous filters, the company indicates in a press release published on Monday, July 18.
a simple message
The move to a computer of the application most acclaimed by young people strips it of its many functions, such as stories or the Map. For its launch, it is therefore only a private messaging service, in short, very similar to what WhatsApp, Messenger and others offer. On the other hand, the application continues to play discretion: the conversations go out of focus when the user puts the task in the background.
This new feature is currently reserved for Anglo subscribers. It will arrive at the end of this year in France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, according to information from the Figaro. Finally, the company suggests that all users, paying or not, will eventually have access.
Snapchat’s paid offering, launched in late June, is called Snapchat+. In France it costs 4.59 euros per month. A way for the app to diversify its sources of income, like most of its competitors.
Source: BFM TV
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