Snapchat rolls out Group Streaks and 'Infinite Retention' for chats

Snapchat has introduced a couple of new features it says are "highly requested" by its users. The first is "Infinite Retention," which as its name implies will allow you to keep a [...]

Snap is bringing shopping features to its AR glasses

Snap is continuing to lay the groundwork for its first consumer-ready AR glasses called Specs. While the company has still revealed few details about the device set to launch next year, it used its Le [...]

Snap is laying off 16 percent of its workforce, blames AI

Snap is laying off around 1,000 staff, amounting to 16 percent of its workforce, which it will seemingly replace with AI. The cuts were announced in a company-wide memo from CEO Evan Spiegel, who adde [...]

Snap is spinning off its AR glasses into a separate business

Snap’s augmented reality glasses business will now be its own entity, with the company establishing Specs Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary. It will enable Snap to more easily secure investors and p [...]

Marvel Snap users are getting a ‘welcome back’ rewards package to make up for the TikTok ban outage

Marvel Snap was one of the unexpected casualties of the TikTok shutdown that briefly went into effect last weekend, and as a way of making things right with users, its developers at Second Dinner are [...]

Snap and Perplexity sign $400 million deal to put AI search directly in Snapchat

Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced. With the partnership, [...]

Snap is seemingly rethinking that 'simplified' app

A Snapchat redesign test appears to have stalled after power users seemingly disliked the "simplified" layout.<br /> The new version of Snapchat intended "to help new and casual [...]

Snap is acquiring Saturn, a calendar app used at thousands of high schools

Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app for high school and college students. The company didn't disclose the terms of the deal but said that close to 30 of Saturn's full-time employees wil [...]

Snap is bringing back 2D Bitmoji for Snapchat+ subscribers

Snap is offering Snapchat+ subscribers the chance to have 2D Bitmoji avatars once again. In the coming days, they’ll be able to activate a setting called Comic Bitmoji. Snap said this will revive †[...]