Snapchat update brings camera switch feature, a new battery filter, and SMS authentication
Ready for some new features to spice up your Snapchat selfies this week? The app’s been updated with a few new tricks and a very useful new authentication method.
The biggest change is the ability to switch between cameras while you’re shooting a video; double tapping the screen will alternate between your front and rear cameras, making it much easier to record something and still somehow work your face into the video. It’s really what we all needed.
There’s another new filter that only shows up sometimes, depending on your battery level. If you’re running on a full charge, you can let your friends know by including a smiling, green battery. If you’re at the opposite end of things, you can include a drained, unhappy battery, which should hopefully indicate to your friends that you won’t be replying to their snaps for much longer.
The last feature is actually a pretty smart move and enforces SMS authentication whenever you try to log in to Snapchat. Two-step authentication is a great privacy move, which has been a hot button issue for quite some time now. With something as private as Snapchat, this should be a welcome addition.
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