From
an app that was originally made for taking pictures and adding a caption or
drawing on it in color to something that is completely new now. Snapchat has recently added a new feature in
which you can actually send texts to one another and video chat in real time
with one another. Now in order to keep
chatting in real time with someone via video, you have to hold down on the
screen just like you were opening and viewing a Snapchat. This update was just released over last night
and the majority of snapchatters have not downloaded the feature in the update
next, but I and curious to see what some have to say about this new so called
real time video and chatting feature.
Many
people are fans of the original Snapchat, when it was nearly impossible to
screenshot a Snapchat and save it to your photos which could be seen
forever. This goes for people who like
to send embarrassing, yet funny, Snapchat to their friends. The old Snapchat was simple, but now it’s
getting extremely complex, which is upsetting.
Just about half a year ago, a new feature was added to Snapchat, that I personally
did not like at the beginning, but started to enjoy later. This new feature was called “my story” and
instead of just sending the photo to a few of your friends, you could then add
it to your “my story” for all of your friends to see. Many were opposed to
having this new feature but soon grew used to it and started to enjoy the
simple new feature.
Now,
the newest feature has been release: chatting with your friends and video
chatting with them in real time. When I first
saw this update, I became disappointed and angry. I felt like Snapchat is losing its originality
and is trying to keep adding cool new feature which actually won’t be used that
much, if at all by the average snap chat user.
If you really wanted to chat via text with someone you can just send
them a text and if you wanted to video chat with them there’s already face time
and Skype and probably many other applications that allow you to do the same
thing. Not to mention this new feature
will probably have several glitches and will be hard to use for several
snapchatters.
Who
knows, maybe this new feature may catch on and everyone will start to like it,
as the my story feature first did. Maybe
it will bring disappointment or even several more updates and changes to the
app. Only time will tell; but for now, i’m
just going to stick with the original Snapchat.
Newcomb,
Alyssa. "Snapchat Moves Secret Conversations to Real-Time." ABC News. ABC
News Network, 01 May 2014. Web. 01 May 2014.
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