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Snapchat’s drone is being recalled, here's what owners need to know
Remember the Snap Pixy drone? The company is recalling all 71,000 of them
Remember Snap’s Pixy drone? If you don’t, it’s a small drone in the social media service’s bright yellow color that it sold to help you get more interesting shots to upload to the app. It's much smaller than an average drone, and it only weighed 101 grams. It was a basic device, but it was a curious idea, especially from a brand that is mostly known for software. Now, Snap is recalling the Pixy drone due to battery hazard issues, and if you bought one, you can get a full refund.
The Snapchat+ AI tool lets you create AI-generated images (like those that Midjourney and DALL-E create) and share them with your contacts. The tool is fun and easy to use, but it's behind the Snapchat+ paywall. You can sign up for a free trial on a top-end or budget Android phone or iPhone. This guide helps you navigate the AI image processor and make the most of it.
Snapchat is fun with friends and can get so sweet that you'll notice when someone unfriends you. Like most social media platforms, Snapchat doesn't inform you of such an incident, but that doesn't mean you can't know who has unfriended you on the app. The inability to send Snaps to a friend with your favorite camera phone or see their stories for a while is your top clue. But it doesn't end there. This article reveals ways to find out if someone unadded you on Snapchat.
16 quick and easy ways to fix Snapchat when its not working
Get back on Snapchat in a snap with these simple fixes
Snapchat is one of the most popular messaging apps, with millions of users worldwide and billions of downloads. As a bonus, the app supports self-deleting messages. Snapchat is available on Android in the Play Store, iOS for iPhones and iPads in the App Store, and on the web. So, you can connect with friends on Snapchat whether you use a smartphone, one of the best budget Chromebooks, a laptop, or a desktop PC.
Social media and instant messaging apps have started offering paid subscription plans, and Snapchat is the latest one to follow the trend. Known as Snapchat+, the subscription gives early access to new features and unlocks useful add-ons to level up your social media experience. If you are unsure about boarding the Snapchat+ train, read along to learn everything about Snapchat's premium plan.
Snapchat finally stops charging you for dark mode on Android
Users report the company is rolling out dark mode to those who don't have Snapchat+
Snapchat recently got a premium subscription tier appropriately called Snapchat+, which gives you, among other things, custom icons, a custom badge that others can see, early access to new app features, and the option to make someone your #1 BFF within the app. But it had other, stranger perks. Android users had to subscribe to get a dark mode within the app — something that's presently a free addition to pretty much every other app on your phone. Now, though, this strange limitation is finally being removed.
Even with the rising competition from the likes of Instagram and TikTok, Snapchat's popularity remains intact among youngsters. If you frequently use Snapchat during night hours, turn on dark mode to reduce eye strain. However, unlike the iPhone, the dark mode option isn't readily available to everyone on Snapchat for Android. You must purchase the company's subscription service, Snapchat+, to activate the dark theme on your top budget Android phone.
Filters, streaks, and scores are part of what gives Snapchat a fun and competitive edge over many social media apps. Most of us are guilty of swapping chat media tirelessly to see how high we can get those numbers. But even the best entertainment apps become boring the longer you use them. Sometimes, you may feel like you've seen it all and have no further interest in interacting with Snapchat. Other times, life happens and makes it hard to keep up with new online trends.
How to use Snapchat on your PC or laptop
The popular smartphone chat app can now be accessed directly from the web
The Snapchat messaging app has millions of users across the globe, allowing anyone to share content with others instantly. As a bonus, messages disappear 24 hours after being read by the recipient. Keeping the chat thread clear of previous messaging clutter helps increase user engagement.
Snapchat is a popular communication app with plenty of staying power. When it was introduced, the novelty feature of pairing texts with images took the world by storm. The app was limited to smartphones, but now you can use Snapchat on your computer. Self-deleting messages also add to the intrigue of the platform, but sometimes, these messages contain special images and videos. You may want to hold on to them, especially if you took them with the Google Pixel 7 series camera or other flagships.
Android users may have to fork out $4 to use Snapchat's dark mode
The feature is likely to be a Snapchat+ exclusive on Android
Social media platform Snapchat popularized the concept of disappearing pictures, videos, and messages until practically every other app took the cue and implemented it on their own services. Considering the stiff competition among rival apps, Snapchat took the bold step of launching a $3.99/month subscription service called Snapchat+ last year. Snap said that subscribers would get exclusive access to some new features before the rest of the world gets to see them. We're now learning of a new perk making its way to the Android app, and quite an unusual one — dark mode.
Snapchat is one of the most popular and innovative social media apps. Many of the features you see in popular social media apps, such as AR selfie filters, stories, and geo-filters, were introduced by Snapchat. The multimedia messaging app was also quick to offer group chat services to its users.
How to remove Snap Camera from your Mac or PC
You'll finally get a brief respite from your teacher’s cringe filters
Four years ago, Snap (the umbrella over Snapchat) unleashed Snap Camera on an unsuspecting world. By simply changing their camera input, users could take advantage of Snapchat's robust library of camera filters and backgrounds in virtually any streaming software from Zoom to Twitch to Teams.
Snapchat reportedly flies Pixy drone plans into the nearest tree
Snap has supposedly killed off its selife-snapping Pixy drone ambitions
It wasn't that long ago that Snapchat was the hot new social media upstart, snatching users away from established platforms. These days, Snap finds itself on the defensive, watching TikTok drain its base. Desperate times call for innovative measures, and earlier this year we saw Snap announce an unusual accessory that seemed designed to get people excited about its app again: the Pixy camera drone. Unfortunately, it sounds like things haven't gone quite as intended for the project, and a new report now claims that Snap has grounded its drone ambitions.
Snapchat's new paid subscription could let you test exclusive features before anyone else
It might cost around $5 a month
Twitter introduced a subscription, Telegram introduced a subscription, and now, Snapchat might be next in line. As confirmed to journalists, the company is currently working on introducing a paid premium service, which might give you access to pre-release features and other premium options. It might be called Snapchat Plus and could cost about $5 per month.
Snap Inc. might be the development team behind Snapchat, but it's also a stealth hardware maker. Its Spectacles lineup of smart glasses was initially released in 2016 and has seen several iterations since then, including an AR-based pair yet to be released. The company's newest hardware innovation is the Pixy, a cute yellow drone that's basically meant to be a flying camera.
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Every few months, Google rolls out a brand new set of apps, widgets, and more to Pixel users through a Feature Drop. This month's update even included an all-new software version, with the final Android 12L release hitting devices. There's a lot to love in this latest patch, including the addition of Night Sight to Snapchat. Now, Google has released an all-new app on the Play Store to bring its camera enhancements to the social network — although most people can't use it just yet.
Google wants to make the Pixel 6 the go-to phone for Snapchat fanatics
A new Quick Tap to Snap feature
In a bit of a surprise, Google is partnering together with Snapchat to integrate the Snapchat camera directly into the Pixel 6's lock screen. With just a tap to the back — literally, the feature is called Quick Tap to Snap — you can access your Snapchat camera, even while the phone is locked.
Snapchat's got some goofy new AR features for you to try
I can finally scan all the weeds in my front yard, but do I want to?
Despite the popularity of competitors like Instagram, Snapchat's still an insanely popular messaging app. Hell, it even managed to hit one billion installs on Android before Google Messages. That doesn't mean Snap Inc. has stayed confined to developing its smartphone. Experiments like AR glasses and original programming have pushed Snapchat far beyond its original concept. With a newly-reworked iteration of Scan, the company's looking to bring AR search results to its massive fanbase.
WhatsApp is rolling out support for self-destructing photos and videos à la Snapchat
Disappearing messages and videos are here, oh no, wait, they've gone again
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There are times where you want to send across a message or a video but you don't want the recipient to see it more than once. That's pretty much the reason why Snapchat was invented. However, the concept has since been picked up by various other applications, and Facebook-owned WhatsApp is the latest one to jump on the disappearing messages bandwagon, as the company has now announced.