Video chatting has been dropped, along with
Snapchat Story competitor My Day, as well as games and chat bots.
Not exact matches
That renewed interest could help
Snapchat continue its momentum from last month's strong Q4 earnings report that showed a resurgence in
Snapchat's growth to 5.05 percent after sinking from 17.2 percent before the launch of
competitor Instagram
Stories to a low of 2.9 percent in Q3 2017.
That's a region where
competitor and
Stories originator
Snapchat has struggled but is finally focusing on.
Instagram copied
Snapchat's
Stories feature, and its rise as a
competitor to
Snapchat is at least partly responsible for Snap's business problems and lackluster performance on Wall Street.
Instagram not only copied
Snapchat's
Stories, but has turned its Instagram Direct feature into a full - fledged
Snapchat ephemeral private messaging
competitor.
The company has credited
Snapchat with pioneering the visual communication format, but believes the pivot into
Stories goes beyond simply copying a
competitor's popular app.
Messenger Day might not lure many people away from
Snapchat, but Facebook could stunt its
competitor's growth by racing to to bring its own
Stories to the unclaimed corners of the earth.
As it continues to try to grow its
Snapchat competitor, Facebook today announced that it is launching support for
Stories in Groups and Events.
Original content has shifted to Facebook's Instagram, but also
competitors like
Snapchat with its immersive full - screen
Stories.