Now the entire Facebook family has a piece of Snapchat.
WhatsApp is currently testing Snapchat-like Stories that lets users share images with doodles and text captions.
The experimental feature, called 'Status', adds a new tab between Chats and Calls and, just like Snapchat, they vanish in 24 hours.
WhatsApp is currently testing Snapchat-like Stories that lets users share images with doodles and text captions. The experimental feature, called 'Status', adds a new tab between Chats and Calls and, just like Snapchat, they vanish in 24 hours
WHAT IS STATUS?
Status is a Snapchat-like Stories that lets users send images with doodles, text captions and emojios.
Although an experimental feature, some lucky users have been able to test it while it is in beta.
The feature is displayed as a new tab between Chat and Calls.
It also allows you to edit videos after they've been shot, specifically trimming them down.
These creations are only visible for 24 hours, but there is no way to delete them once they've been shared.
WhatsApp's new addition is only a beta release and it is not clear how many lucky users get a chance to test the feature reports Manish Singh with Mashable.
Facebook offered to buy Snapchat in 2013 for $3 billion, but was turned down.
Snapchat, which had been dubbed a next generation messaging service, was just two years old and believed it was worth $4 billion.
Although the messaging app had no sales or business model, its smartphone app was delivering millions of messages that disappear in less than 10 seconds, making it a truly instant service, instead of a more permanent record collector like Twitter or Facebook.
But lately it seems Facebook is getting its revenge by 'borrowing' most of Snapchat's features for its own platforms.
The experimental feature in WhatsApp lets users scribble on images or add text and emojis – just like Snapchat, reports DigitalTrends.
It also allows you to edit videos after they've been shot, specifically trimming them down.
These creations are only visible for 24 hours, but there is no way to delete them once they've been shared.
DOES FACEBOOK WANT TO BE A SNAPCHAT COPYCAT?
In August, Facebook rolled out Stories on Instagram, which lets users create 10-second video clips and share them with a select group of followers.
Users can now apply filters, type text and doodle over the clips.
And videos will appear on someone's profile for 24 hours.
These creations can be saved or posted to the Instagram feed, where they will become permanent like normal Instagram videos.
Stories appear at the top of the Instagram feed.
When someone has an unseen story, their profile picture will be circled with a colorful ring.
Then just a month later, Facebook began testing what it calls ‘Messenger Day’ for some users in Poland, which aims pique the interest of those who have yet to get hooked on its rival, Snapchat.
This feature works just like Snapchat Stories – users add lively elements and it disappears in 24 hours.
And just earlier this month, Facebook added Snapchat-like animated filters to Facebook Live in Ireland.
Again, users selfies and videos and add lively filters, effects and masks that vanish within 24 hours.
Facebook did offer to buy Snapchat in 2013 for $3 billion and was turned down, so 'borrowing' features may be the social media giant's way of getting revenge.
The term 'Status' is not new term for dedicated WhatsApp users, as this feature was incorporated back in 2009.
However, it is more like the iconic AOL Instant Messenger status – it displays items like 'Away', 'Do Not Disturb' or a personal message from the user.
The new Snapchat-like feature does not replace the original Status, which can be found in the settings menu.
Earlier this year, WhatsApp announced it hit the billion-user mark according to the leading social network's chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
'One billion people now use WhatsApp,' Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook page.
'There are only a few services that connect more than a billion people.'
The ranks of people using WhatsApp have more than doubled since California-based Facebook bought the service for $19 billion in late 2014, according to Zuckerberg.
'That's nearly one-in-seven people on Earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends and their family,' the WhatsApp team said in a blog post.
After buying WhatsApp, Facebook made the service completely free. The next step, according to Zuckerberg, is to make it easier to use the service to communicate with businesses.
Weaving WhatsApp into exchanges between businesses and customers has the potential to create revenue opportunity for Facebook.
WhatsApp is currently testing Snapchat-like Stories that lets users share images with doodles and text captions.
The experimental feature, called 'Status', adds a new tab between Chats and Calls and, just like Snapchat, they vanish in 24 hours.
WhatsApp is currently testing Snapchat-like Stories that lets users share images with doodles and text captions. The experimental feature, called 'Status', adds a new tab between Chats and Calls and, just like Snapchat, they vanish in 24 hours
WHAT IS STATUS?
Status is a Snapchat-like Stories that lets users send images with doodles, text captions and emojios.
Although an experimental feature, some lucky users have been able to test it while it is in beta.
The feature is displayed as a new tab between Chat and Calls.
It also allows you to edit videos after they've been shot, specifically trimming them down.
These creations are only visible for 24 hours, but there is no way to delete them once they've been shared.
WhatsApp's new addition is only a beta release and it is not clear how many lucky users get a chance to test the feature reports Manish Singh with Mashable.
Facebook offered to buy Snapchat in 2013 for $3 billion, but was turned down.
Snapchat, which had been dubbed a next generation messaging service, was just two years old and believed it was worth $4 billion.
Although the messaging app had no sales or business model, its smartphone app was delivering millions of messages that disappear in less than 10 seconds, making it a truly instant service, instead of a more permanent record collector like Twitter or Facebook.
But lately it seems Facebook is getting its revenge by 'borrowing' most of Snapchat's features for its own platforms.
The experimental feature in WhatsApp lets users scribble on images or add text and emojis – just like Snapchat, reports DigitalTrends.
It also allows you to edit videos after they've been shot, specifically trimming them down.
These creations are only visible for 24 hours, but there is no way to delete them once they've been shared.
DOES FACEBOOK WANT TO BE A SNAPCHAT COPYCAT?
In August, Facebook rolled out Stories on Instagram, which lets users create 10-second video clips and share them with a select group of followers.
Users can now apply filters, type text and doodle over the clips.
And videos will appear on someone's profile for 24 hours.
These creations can be saved or posted to the Instagram feed, where they will become permanent like normal Instagram videos.
Stories appear at the top of the Instagram feed.
When someone has an unseen story, their profile picture will be circled with a colorful ring.
Then just a month later, Facebook began testing what it calls ‘Messenger Day’ for some users in Poland, which aims pique the interest of those who have yet to get hooked on its rival, Snapchat.
This feature works just like Snapchat Stories – users add lively elements and it disappears in 24 hours.
And just earlier this month, Facebook added Snapchat-like animated filters to Facebook Live in Ireland.
Again, users selfies and videos and add lively filters, effects and masks that vanish within 24 hours.
Facebook did offer to buy Snapchat in 2013 for $3 billion and was turned down, so 'borrowing' features may be the social media giant's way of getting revenge.
The term 'Status' is not new term for dedicated WhatsApp users, as this feature was incorporated back in 2009.
However, it is more like the iconic AOL Instant Messenger status – it displays items like 'Away', 'Do Not Disturb' or a personal message from the user.
The new Snapchat-like feature does not replace the original Status, which can be found in the settings menu.
Earlier this year, WhatsApp announced it hit the billion-user mark according to the leading social network's chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
'One billion people now use WhatsApp,' Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook page.
'There are only a few services that connect more than a billion people.'
The ranks of people using WhatsApp have more than doubled since California-based Facebook bought the service for $19 billion in late 2014, according to Zuckerberg.
'That's nearly one-in-seven people on Earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends and their family,' the WhatsApp team said in a blog post.
After buying WhatsApp, Facebook made the service completely free. The next step, according to Zuckerberg, is to make it easier to use the service to communicate with businesses.
Weaving WhatsApp into exchanges between businesses and customers has the potential to create revenue opportunity for Facebook.
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