Snapchat News & Updates

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Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users - VICE

 

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Snapchat on why it finally shifted its attention to India in 2019 - tech - Hindustan Times

 

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Snapchat to take on TikTok with a new music-powered feature rolling out this fall | TechCrunch

Snapchat is taking aim at TikTok. The company announced today it will begin testing a new feature that lets Snapchat users set their Snaps to music,

techcrunch.com

 

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Snap tops 100 million users in India, partners with Flipkart and Android smartphone vendors | TechCrunch

Snap said today it has amassed 100 million monthly active users in India, an impressive feat in the key overseas market where Facebook and Google reach

techcrunch.com

 

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Snapchat officially introduces its paid subscription

Change the Snapchat icon and see which people have rewatched your Stories with the new paid subscription plan, Snapchat+.

techcrunch.com

 

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Snapchat+ Subscription Service Launches for $4/Month, Will Still Include Ads

Snap launched Snapchat+, described as providing "exclusive, experimental and pre-release features" for $3.99 per month.

variety.com

The company evidently believes there’s a power-user subset of the 332 million-plus daily Snapchat users who will fork over four bucks each month to get early access to features not available to the hoi polloi.

Initial features available to Snapchat+ paying customers include the ability to change the app icon, view who re-watched a user’s Snapchat Story and pin one other Snapchat user to the top of your chat window as a “BFF.”

Snapchat+ will continue to serve up ads.

So basically you pay $4/month to get features earlier than regular users with same ads as them. And they think people are going to pay for this? Will they kick out existing beta users? How will they differentiate between paid users and beta users? Or are they going to shut down beta programme?

Wow.

 

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Snapchat+ Subscription launched in India: 6 new features for plus members

Snapchat provides users access to a bunch of exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features with Plus subscription. Users will be able to get prioritised support from the Snapchat team.

www.livemint.com

₹49

 

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Snapchat brings parental controls to India through in-app tool 'Family Center' | TechCrunch

Snapchat has introduced its initial set of parental controls through an in-app tool called 'Family Center' in India.

techcrunch.com

 

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Dark mode is a paid feature on Android.


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Snapchat: Snap AI chatbot 'may risk children's privacy'

The My AI feature could be shut down in the UK following an initial investigation by the data watchdog.

www.bbc.com