A world map will open up with a heat map of snaps that submitted to a public stream in the last 24 hours. To take a look, pinch two fingers on the app's main screen. They're called snaps - these ten-second video clips or photos that disappear after a day.

You might see a woman playing with her puppies in Guatemala or a view from the car window on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.

Tap into Snapchat's newest feature, Snap Map, and get a peek into people's lives around the world. The image above is a composite of Snapchat screen grabs. When a topic is trending, it'll pop up on a heat map. On Twitter, Facebook, Google News, and Instagram.Snapchat users can upload photos and videos onto the new Snap Map. Users can distinguish between conventional Lenses from Sound Lenses by looking for Lenses that have a musical note icon on the Lens icon.įollow HT Tech for the latest tech news and reviews, also keep up with us The company has also introduced Cameo Sound Lenses - a type of Sound Lens - that apply visual effects to put users and their friends as the stars of their own animated music video. They transform pictures of anyone to appear as if they are singing a song. Sound Lenses are Snapchat Lenses that come with a pre-selected song embedded into the Lens. It is worth noting that this announcement comes shortly after the company the launch of Sound Lenses following its partnership with Sony Music Entertainment. Snapchat Layers feature is available on 's Android and iOS-based apps starting today.

What Snapchat users can also do is toggle between Layers to customise the landscape so they see exactly what they're looking for rather than bombarding users with a ton of information that they may not need.

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