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05-02-2014, 06:22 AM
Snapchat Steps Up Its Game With Sophisticated New Messaging Features
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Snapchat rolled out its biggest update (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/snapchat-adds-video-chat-instant-messaging/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) yet Thursday, in a move that added text messaging and video chatting to its photo and video sharing app.
The latest version of the app focuses on helping its users have conversations, rather than just one-off picture and video messages.
See also: Messaging Wars: Vine vs. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/social-network-messaging-vine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"Until today, we felt that Snapchat was missing an important part of conversation: presence," the company wrote in a blog post (http://blog.snapchat.com/). "There’s **thing like k**wing you have the full attention of your friend while you’re chatting."
Following a slight delay (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/where-is-the-new-snapchat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in the app's rollout, the new Snapchat is **w available to all iOS and Android users. Here's our first impression of how the new features stack up. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/hands-on-with-the-new-snapchat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Snapchat rolled out its biggest update (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/snapchat-adds-video-chat-instant-messaging/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) yet Thursday, in a move that added text messaging and video chatting to its photo and video sharing app.
The latest version of the app focuses on helping its users have conversations, rather than just one-off picture and video messages.
See also: Messaging Wars: Vine vs. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/social-network-messaging-vine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"Until today, we felt that Snapchat was missing an important part of conversation: presence," the company wrote in a blog post (http://blog.snapchat.com/). "There’s **thing like k**wing you have the full attention of your friend while you’re chatting."
Following a slight delay (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/where-is-the-new-snapchat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in the app's rollout, the new Snapchat is **w available to all iOS and Android users. Here's our first impression of how the new features stack up. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/hands-on-with-the-new-snapchat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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