Snapchat Finally Gets Group Chats: How to Start One

Snapchat Finally Gets Group Chats: How to Start Ane

Snapchat'due south biggest story of 2016 was its hard-to-go Spectacles article of clothing, only its biggest characteristic for 2017 simply launched yesterday. That'southward Groups, the app's answer to the group chat functionality found in major messaging apps such as Google Hangouts and Facebook Messenger.

The easiest manner to create a Group is by tapping on the Messages button in the bottom right corner on the master screen, selecting contacts from the listing view and so tapping Chat. Now you've started a message in Snapchat and all that'due south left to do is to name it, which yous'd practise by tapping "Proper name Group" at the elevation of the screen and typing in a title.

First, tap the Messages icon. — First, tap the Letters icon.

Groups function only like normal chats, allowing users to share snaps, texts, video notes, audio notes and stickers. And of course, if a message isn't opened in the 24 hours later on it'due south sent, it will disappear from the grouping.

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Next, select friends and tap chat and you're using Groups! — Next, select friends and tap chat and you lot're using Groups!

If you need to talk one-on-one with someone in a group conversation, tap their proper noun in the row above the keyboard to open up up what Snapchat calls a "Quick Conversation," because everything needs its own title. After yous're done, yous can swipe right on the screen to render to the Group.

It's a picayune surprising that Snapchat, a company that prides itself on appealing to younger users, didn't offer a group chat option until this late in its being. If non-Snappers thought their friends were addicted to Snapchat before Groups, it'southward not a large stretch to think these chats might take obsessions with the app to an even college point.

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