After almost a decade of wait, Snapchat is now finally available as a web app! Yes, you read that right, Snapchat For Web is now a thing.
Snapchat is one of the most popular social media platforms that has definitely stood the test of time. Sadly, there was never a web version of Snapchat. Furthermore, using Snapchat on a PC via an emulator also didn’t work well.
Luckily that changes today with the release of the long-awaited Snapchat for Web. As the name suggests, using Snapchat Web users can easily access and use Snapchat on their desktops and laptops, without using their mobile phones.
At the time of writing this article, the web version of Snapchat offers some noteworthy features like Chat Reactions and Chat Reply. Furthermore, users can make audio/video calls, as well as continue regular chats. However, some other great features like Lenses will be added later.
It’s worth noting that, Snapchat For Web is a premium feature, and its exclusively available to only Snapchat+ subscribers located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
That said, Snapchat has confirmed that the feature will soon be available globally. Clearly, Snapchat For Web is in a very early stage and it will get better with time.
It’s worth noting that, Web Snapchat presently works flawlessly on the Google Chrome web browser and support for other popular browsers shall arrive very soon.