Snapchat now lets you send stories in addition to photos and videos
The ephemeral messaging application is trying to revitalize its section Discover or Discover And it is that the well-known and mediatic Snapchat has not finished succeeding by introducing different content channels specially dedicated to its users That is why it has given a turn of the screw to this concept and has decided to allowshare the stories, images and texts that make them up with the rest of the users, a desperate measure to give importance to these recommended content channels? Or a good step to enhance fun content with advertising space?
Anyway, thanks to the latest update of Snapchat for both Android As with iPhone, users can share Discover stories directly from these channels. Any content published here is likely to be captured in image or video, retouched with the application's usual drawing tools, and added to any user's story, or shared directly privately with any of them.
Discover or Discover is a selection of channels dedicated to different sources in order to distribute stories, articles, photos and curiosities for everyone the users. Just click on the colored circle in the upper right corner to access the different channels.Mtv, CNN, Magazine People, the publication Vice or even National Geographic They have their own channels, from where they publish all kinds of content that the user can visit and which is usually renewed every 24 hours
Well, when a video or still image is attractive to the user, all they have to do is make a long press on the screen to capture it At this moment the options to apply filters, appear on the screen captions or stickers, or even it is possible to draw on the image with different colored pencils. Once the edition is finished, all that remains is to choose the contact to whom you want to send to inform, amuse, or use it as you wish.
This function is explained in detail through the channel of Snapchat in Discover or DiscoverHere, in addition, its managers have published various templates so that users can check how it works and, incidentally, take advantage of the original and funny ideas available. Whether it's personalizing a fortune cookie message, doing the same with a funny to-do list, or even trying to contextualize a weird photo of singer Justin Bieber. Just a few options of what this feature allows you to do.
Of course this option can be the excuse for these sources to create content more adapted to the users, with more humor or simply with the vision of being shared and having a larger audience And, according to the media outlet The Information , viewership for section Discover has fallen 30 to 50 percent since it premiered in January In addition, it can be a new way of monetization.
In any case, users already have this option in the latest update of Snapchat, which is already available for Android via Google Play and for iPhone via App Store completely free
