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07-10-2018, 10:40 AM
Snapchat and Amazon will team up on in-app shopping, report says
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When you think of Snapchat, you probably think of faceswaps (https://mashable.com/2016/04/21/snapchat-face-swap-camera-roll/) and dancing hot dogs (http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/07/snapchat-dancing-hot-dog-filter-how-to-use.html). But you might soon have a new reason to think of the messaging app: Shopping.*
Code unearthed by a developer (https://twitter.com/IshanAgarwal24/status/1016369634164006913) strongly suggests that Snapchat is readying a new feature that will let users shop on Amazon by pointing their camera at objects around them.
SEE ALSO: Why Snapchat may soon let you play games in its app (http://mashable.com/2018/06/27/why-snapchat-might-launch-a-gaming-platform/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
The feature, which was first reported by (https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/09/snapchat-camera-search/) TechCrunch, is called "Camera Search" in the app's code. From the text within the code, it sounds like camera search would function similarly to the app's current Shazam integration. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/snapchat-camera-search-amazon-shopping/)
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When you think of Snapchat, you probably think of faceswaps (https://mashable.com/2016/04/21/snapchat-face-swap-camera-roll/) and dancing hot dogs (http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/07/snapchat-dancing-hot-dog-filter-how-to-use.html). But you might soon have a new reason to think of the messaging app: Shopping.*
Code unearthed by a developer (https://twitter.com/IshanAgarwal24/status/1016369634164006913) strongly suggests that Snapchat is readying a new feature that will let users shop on Amazon by pointing their camera at objects around them.
SEE ALSO: Why Snapchat may soon let you play games in its app (http://mashable.com/2018/06/27/why-snapchat-might-launch-a-gaming-platform/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
The feature, which was first reported by (https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/09/snapchat-camera-search/) TechCrunch, is called "Camera Search" in the app's code. From the text within the code, it sounds like camera search would function similarly to the app's current Shazam integration. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/snapchat-camera-search-amazon-shopping/)
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