LINE includes new Snapchat features

Messaging app LINE arrived early. Something that was demonstrated when it landed in Spain in 2012, loaded with functions that left behind WhatsApp Stickers, a social network included, calls”¦ Characteristics that have not It has stopped growing since then, being one of the most complete applications with the most extras on the scene. Of course, in Europe this technique does not seem to have worked, but they continue to try.Now they're improving the app a bit more, but looking closely at Snapchat, from which they seem to have taken a couple of ideas.

On the one hand there are the improvements in the Timeline or the section as a wall of this messaging application. Although it has been running for years, it is possible that not all users have been aware of its presence. It works like the wall of Facebook, where you can post thoughts, photos or anything you want to share with the rest of the user friends of LINE Of course, this section needed a revision after all this time. Thus, looking for the result of what has been achieved by Snapchat and Instagram, LINE now integrates a timer to self-destruct these posts after 24 hours A good way to express a thought or expression that you may regret later.The only problem is that it is not possible to set another time period.

Along with this feature, LINE has also improved the search engine on the Timeline or wall Thus, the most ordered users who are used to categorizing their publications with tags, can now find them thanks to them. Just click on the isearch engine icon and write one or another label The results show all those past publications that include those words or phrases. Something really useful if you are a regular user. Of course, it only works with publications that have been made public, not with private ones.

Video call improvements

Although WhatsApp is still preparing its video calls service, LINE continues to make improvements on them, marking the differences, even if it is something that is not noticeable in the number of users.With this new update, video calls now look a little more like Snapchat snapsAnd it is that LINE has added all kinds of decorations and masks to apply during the conversation, in real time.

There are two types of new elements to use during video calls On the one hand are the filters , which give the image a whole new look. A variation of colors to look more special, more elegant or simply different from the actual image that would be displayed without it.

On the other hand there are the expressions In this case it looks like a function taken from Facebook , where you already have different faces to assess an application. Now these emotions appear at the bottom of the screen and help give expressiveness to the user.A simple press and the screen fills with hearts to express love, or a shade of red for anger, among other options.

In short, an update that seeks to position LINE as a strong alternative to WhatsApp, Snapchat and even Facebook, although in Spain it seems not finish curdling At the moment, all these news are coming to Android through Google Play Store They will do the same on iOS in the coming weeks, according to their official blog