How Snapchat: Facebook Messenger gets Stories feature

After Snapchat, Instagram and WhatsApp, the Facebook Messenger now has a Stories function. Facebook calls the feature "Messenger Day", the ingredients are however old-tried. Users can use images, videos, and other gimmicks for status. The Stories feature comes with the latest software update on iPhones and Android smartphones.

A brand-new status is part of the good tone - and now with Facebook Messenger. (© Facebook 2017)

Facebook has officially announced its new feature "Messenger Day", after first reports already pointed out last fall on the function. Users of the app can set a status and visualize it with photos, videos and other effects - a feature that once made Snapchat with Stories really salonable. There is no restriction on the number of pictures, since they only last 24 hours. The status can be shared with all friends or with selected contacts.

Facebook Messenger: Latest update for Stories feature required

If the Facebook Messenger software is up to date, the feature can be reached after launching the app via the camera button. After recording an image or video, the work can be refined with effects, but an Emoji button is available. Whether drawing, texts or stickers - the creativity is almost unlimited. The result can then be stored in the Day area and shared with other friends. Even content from chats can easily be transferred to the new area.

The new status is so far only for the Facebook Messenger intended, but not for the Facebook app itself. Whether this will follow a later date remains to be seen.

Snapchat update: App improves Face-swapping

No complicated poses for Facebook swaps more! Snapchat donated his app on Thursday an update. Since then, the funny faces exchange is also possible with photos that are already on the phone. iPhone owners get the update first, Android pulls but gradually after.

iPhone owners get Snapchat innovations first.

Facebook swaps are currently among the most popular features of the photo and video Messengers Snapchat. And, although the faces exchange so far has not always been unproblematic. Either you had to second to look far for a suitable position in front of the small smartphone front camera or the app interpreted faces in objects into - with often creepy outcome. An update that is available for iOS devices since Thursday, makes Facebook swaps now easier. The app can now also access images from the smartphone gallery.

Snaps now once free repeatable
As first iPhone owners report according Mashable, you have to tap on the smartphone display and hold briefly until a grid appears it only on his face. Then can scroll through the Facebook swap options, where a new symbol appears violet. This leads to the photo gallery of smartphones, in the Snapchat then searches for images with faces. But beware: Again, the face detection does not seem to function properly. Creepy Face swaps with objects so should continue to flood the social networks.

In addition to these new Face Swap option the update brings another innovation on iPhones, and later on Android devices: Snaps can be repeated now for free once. It was only in September 2015 Snapchat had introduced a feature that can be Snaps on request repeatedly. However, the company wanted 99 cents for three replays.

New App Feature: Snapchat introduces "On-Demand" -Geofilter

The photo app Snapchat leads starting today a new paid feature a: Geofilter. So you can embellish his pictures when you are in a particular area. Prices for the service start at five dollars.

The world's popular photo app Snapchat is constantly looking for new ways to convert coins their success in profit. At the moment there's in Snapchat two types of available Geofiltern: First of municipalities in which no company logo may be used and Marketing is not allowed, writes TechCrunch. So you can show around in Hamburg either the name of the city in its snap or to the district - for example Winterhude. The other type of possible location-based overlays submitted by companies, which is about brands and marketing. These overlays can be Snapchat course pay dearly.

Anyone can create Geofilter at Snapchat

The new Geofilter to order at Snapchat can each use, the somewhat familiar with graphics. One can make his own motives and images that appear on the Snaps - unless you are in the right time at the right place. The minimum area for such Geofilter is about 1600 square meters, which should be sufficient as a restaurant or office building. Maximum about 1.6 million square meters are possible. The processing time for evaluating the filter lasts one day, the prices start at five dollars.

With the new Geofilters to order Snapchat could open up a new source of income and have to rely not only on the brand Geofilter and paid Snap-repeats. With the new Geofiltern can now use as a marketing channel smaller companies Snapchat. And users will send more Snaps when more filters are available. And who buys a Geofilter itself, can see how often it is used.

Snapchat fighting world with charging problems

The popular photo-messaging app snapchat is currently struggling world with failures and problems. The cause of the failure is still unclear, according to the developers, it will however already working on a solution.

Snapchat Australia and the United States for many users in Europe, was not available on Tuesday morning. The company confirmed via Twitter entries at 10:30 clock, the service had to contend with problems. "Hi! Some Snapchatter currently have difficulty with the loading times. Our team knows about the problem and is currently working on a solution," snapchat informed. The cause of the failure is still unclear. According to the website Allestörungen.de the Internet complaints accumulated over a snapchat failure on Tuesday from about 10 clock. After a brief drop in complaints against 11 clock the number rose from 13 clock again significantly.

Snapchat problems in different countries felt
As TechCrunch reported, citing several Twitter messages, the problem is with snapchat but apparently not alone when loading new posts. Even when logging in snapchat, when watching snapchat Stories or sending videos are always error messages occur. Even uninstalling and then reinstalling the app as well as a re-education and Log should not provide any remedy. That the problems both in Europe and in the United States or Australia, points rather to a broader problem and not to the failure of a single server.

Snapchat now has over 100 million users who watch around six billion videos daily.

Facebook in Range: 6 billion snapchat views daily

Snapchat growing and growing: With six billion views daily closes the photo and video app slowly but surely on Facebook. Although the Messenger only on mobile devices is available, it is used daily by some 100 million people.

Snapchat one day nearly as many video hits such as Facebook. Since May 2015, the Messenger app has tripled its number of daily views. According to Financial Times snapchat is now six billion views a day. This brings the mobile-only service on in leaps and bounds compared to Facebook. The world's largest social network, published in the past week, a number of eight billion video views a day. This corresponds nevertheless still a doubling compared to April of this year.

Snapchat users seem particularly active
Even more impressive acts the number of daily snapchat views, considering that it is a limited on mobile devices App. Facebook Videos on the other hand can also be called via the browser on desktop PC or laptop. So snapchat comes through loud Business Insider on a daily user base of around 100 million - Facebook on the other hand has about one billion active users per day. The snapchat users appear therefore to put on the day a particularly active usage in the app.

Facebook vs. Snapchat: The battle for online video views
The number of daily video views is significant for both companies from marketing point of view. Videos are the increasingly important source of income - and the one who has the larger audience can complete the better advertising deals. However, the numbers of video views both services are not fully comparable with each other, because they obviously put on different scales. According to FT Facebook include a video as seen once it has been played for three seconds. Snapchat contrast provides promotional videos to customers probably already invoiced if they run a fraction of a second.

That advertising revenue are becoming increasingly important, also shows Snapchats brisk release of new filters and effects. Recently there have been for users of the app about various Peanuts animations, the desire to do next on the upcoming movie.

Snapchat adds animated Snoopy add to its effects

On November 6, runs "The Peanuts - the film" in the US. Snapchat celebrate with - and provides users with immediate new animated effects for Snaps available. Now let Selfies with Snoopy, Woodstock and popcorn send. The different lenses but there is always only one day.

Regarding updates its app, snapchat is almost never idle. Now there are members of the popular "Peanuts" family, Snoopy and Woodstock, which conquer the Messenger. With an update on Friday, the service added the first sponsored "Peanuts" -Filtereffekt. To apply to the beginning of November in the US and the end of December oncoming in Germany film, dance now the popular animation characters by Selfies users. A stream of popcorn should also awaken the desire to cinema. A snap with the animated effects can be found at Mashable to see.

More and more lenses conquer snapchat

To avoid boredom, each filter effect is only one day available. On Halloween there was fittingly a lens with pumpkins and Co. snapchat thus expanding its advertising campaigns further. For about a year the Messenger adds repeatedly added new sponsored filters. For the latest James Bond movie "Spectre" the service even set up a complete-sponsored channel.

The animated video filter conquered snapchat after the last major update in a moment. Since mid-September to send user prefers Selfie videos with rainbow tongue or transform himself into a zombie. Recently the Messenger service also added video features such as time lapse or slow motion.