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Snapchat today released an update adding video taking capabilities to its popular real-time picture taking app.
With Snapchat, users can take temporary photos and share them with friends. The photos expire after a set amount of time, up to 10 seconds, and are auto-deleted. Taking a screenshot alerts the picture sender, keeping photos private.
With the new 4.0.0 version of the app, video has been included. Up to 10 seconds of video can be recorded, with the same general rules. A video can only be watched once, and then it will be deleted.
Along with video, the update adds iPhone 5 support, speed improvements, and additional privacy settings.
-Updated for iPhone 5
-Press and Hold Camera Button for VIDEO!
-Tilt iDevice for Landscape Captions
-Fullscreen Preview
-New Settings: Control Who Can Send You Snaps
-Improved Group Send
-Integration with Address Book
-Fixed Focal Length on Camera Preview
-Faster Capture and Send
-Additional Bug Fixes & Improvements
Snapchat has become a hit in the year since its release, with more than 50 million photos shared every day. In comparison, Instagram users share five million photos a day.
Just last week, Snapchat closed a round of funding, raising more than $8 million, according to TechCrunch, setting its valuation at approximately $50 million.
Snapchat is a free download on the App Store for the iPhone. [Direct Link]
Top Rated Comments
I should have gotten a screen grab of it while it was there! It's not every day you see someone doing that to a Pony!
Not EVERY day, no. Of course not.
Thursday is 'Goat Day'!!
Maybe my head is just stuck in a gutter, but I can't think of any clean reason you would want to send someone a picture that will disappear moments after you send it...
Youre not wrong. I mean, just take a look at what Im doing with this Shetland Pony in the photo below...
Oh, its gone. :o
Youre not wrong. I mean, just take a look at what Im doing with this Shetland Pony in the photo below...
Oh, its gone. :o
I should have gotten a screen grab of it while it was there! It's not every day you see someone doing that to a Pony!
Maybe my head is just stuck in a gutter, but I can't think of any clean reason you would want to send someone a picture that will disappear moments after you send it...
'safe sexting'?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9743082/Instagram-backer-may-invest-in-sexting-app-Snapchat.html
That's the only use I can see - crazy if you ask my though.
This thing seems to be getting an insane amount of traffic.