Taking a page
from Snapchat, Google says all video messages disappear after a day since first viewing, though they can be saved to the camera roll if preferred.
Facebook - owned Instagram has «borrowed» plenty of features
from Snapchat.
From Snapchat to Messenger's own redesign to focus on camera features, sending friends a message is no longer just typing a few words.
Instagram Stories is getting another interesting new feature — and this time it wasn't stolen
from Snapchat.
When Mark Zuckerberg's team of social media, social networking, AI and VR specialists isn't busy «borrowing» trendy features
from Snapchat, Facebook likes to «take inspiration» from Google, Apple, Microsoft and other rivals.
Apple's also taken a great idea
from Snapchat and improved it with a feature called Retina Flash: the entire screen blinks white when you take a selfie in low light, serving as a makeshift flash.
But Instagram took a lot of inspiration
from Snapchat in the first place, which is famous for having the camera front and center, so who even knows who's related to whom anymore?
it already has Facebook and WhatsApp as the two platforms to make communication for its users easier and convenient than what they can get
from Snapchat.
Facebook launched Stories earlier this year, with obvious inspiration
from Snapchat's feature by the same name.
These types of ads, instead of using information
from a Snapchat profile, user data such as online purchases on other sites or spending habits from using a store loyalty card.
After scheduling the filter and choosing the area you want it to cover, you will receive a confirmation of approval
from Snapchat.
Instagram typically lifts its features
from Snapchat, so seeing inspiration instead come from its sister Facebook app is certainly a change.
Spectacles also feel oddly disconnected
from Snapchat's augmented reality features.
WhatsApp's Status and Instagram's Stories features have borrowed liberally
from Snapchat's innovative blink - and - you'll - miss - it approach to instant messaging, but, for the most part, Facebook's alternatives have offered a much slicker, less confusing interface.
Its Snapchat Stories clone Instagram Stories hit 150 million daily users just 5 months after launch, and TechCrunch reported that an extensive set of sources believe Instagram Stories is stealing users
from Snapchat.
Facebook has cribbed features and designs
from Snapchat before, so it's not too big of a surprise to see it planning a filter / frame experiment in Messenger.
Here's what people are saying about Spectacles
from Snapchat maker Snap — once they can find the hard - to - get camera - equipped sunglasses.
And much like how Facebook didn't mention Snapchat on its earnings call, it apparently has taken no inspiration
from Snapchat for Messenger Day.
Rolling out with a partnership with Giphy, the new GIF sticker engine could further differentiate Instagram Stories
from Snapchat, which has yet to embrace the animation GIF trend.
The lens is not quite as wide angle as Samsung's cameras, but it's bright, sharp, and the Retina Flash is still a terrific idea that was absolutely worth lifting
from Snapchat.
Even the built - in camera effects, stolen guiltlessly
from Snapchat, are well done.
It's slow adoption for a feature cloned
from Snapchat that's proven wildly popular elsewhere, and lives prominently at the top of perhaps the world's most - used app.
It's something Facebook knows all about; Instagram - owned by the social network - is again borrowing heavily
from Snapchat with «Stories,» which allows users to post content that disappears after 24 hours.
Instagram has revamped its direct message feature to make it easier to send photos and videos to users you follow on the image sharing platform, and has added the ability to send temporary, disposable photos or videos, borrowing yet another feature
from Snapchat.
Messenger then finally diverged
from the Snapchat playbook in 2015 by launching a developer platform to let you share GIFs, augmented photos and video clips via apps like Giphy, PingTank and ESPN.
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.
Just days after Snapchat adopted a very Instagram - like change to how its snaps are viewed and organized, Instagram is firing back by stealing a feature
from Snapchat that Facebook itself embraced very recently: AR filters.
That's Facebook Messenger's strategy to steal the visual communication crown
from Snapchat, thanks to its new camera feature that rolls out today.
The Skype app is now a lot more colourful and has a new feature called Highlight, which is inspired
from Snapchat's Stories.
With Zuckerberg's crew recently getting a handle on AR, Bitmoji is the last massively popular feature that separates Facebook
from Snapchat, the bastion of teen cool.
Think of them as the dog faces and other filters
from Snapchat, now built into the camera.
Perhaps aiming to snag some attention away
from Snapchat's big group video call update out this morning, Facebook also announced an update to its chat app Messenger, which will now allow users to share 360 - degree videos and HD quality video (720p).
Instagram Stories has blossomed
from a Snapchat clone into an integral part of the world's largest dedicated visual communication app in the first year since its launch.
As Snapchat's partner, Square will be responsible for storing all user bank and debit card information, Spiegel says, meaning none of the personal financial information
from Snapchat users will reside on Snapchat servers.
But if Instagram can become the best way to communicate visually, no matter the medium, it could steal users
from Snapchat and make it's app more appealing to people around the world.
A big step forward for the company, it finally shows a differentiated strategy
from Snapchat, which only allowed users to post older images with an obligatory white border revealing the time and date they were taken.
You can access your Ghostcode
from the Snapchat camera, then by tapping the ghost logo at the top of the screen.
Mostly it has been regarding copying features now and then
from Snapchat.
And pulling in recycled content
from Snapchat could be a boon to AMP Stories, since publishers could start experimenting with it without gambling a big investment on the success of Stories in search.
Have you heard
from Snapchat or YouTube?
Facebook has copied things like face filters, camera features, stories, and many others,
from Snapchat.
From Snapchat to your common airline rewards miles, companies have drawn us in to become repeat users through a variety different gamification techniques.
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If your social media life wasn't confusing and time consuming enough, Instagram has stolen the basic premise for «Stories»
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Gay dating app Hanky is the latest to take inspiration
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