Snapchat starts rolling out new “Discover” feature for Android devices

Snapchat has just begun rolling out an update for its official Android application via the Play Store. In terms of added functionality, the upgrade brings the inclusion of a brand new Discover feature, together with the usual multitude of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations.

Discover is essentially a revamped version of the traditional Snapchat Story, but this time it’s main focus is online video and photo publications. It works by bringing together an assortment of photographs and videos from a selection of external sources, in addition to Snapchat’s own collection, to provide a short art presentation.

Here’s what Snapchat had to say about its new feature:

“Discover is different because it has been built for creatives. All too often, artists are forced to accommodate new technologies in order to distribute their work. This time we built the technology to serve the art: each edition includes full screen photos and videos, awesome long form layouts, and gorgeous advertising.”

The staff over at Snapchat will refresh the Discover feed every 24-hours with new “curated” content from a variety of different partners, including ESPN, Food Network, Comedy Central, People Magazine, National Geographic, Cosmopolitan, CNN, Vice, The Daily Mail, and Yahoo.

To install the update, simply open up the Play Store on your device, toggle the hamburger menu by swiping in from the left-hand side of the screen, select ‘My Apps’ and click on Snapchat. Next, hit the update button, and the application will instantly start to download and install the upgrade from the Google Play servers.

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