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2025-03-13

Snapchat launches generative AI video Lenses

Snapchat's future includes generative AI video Lenses, wherein users can watch themselves cuddling with virtual animals on screen. The first three Lenses the app has launched include the Racoon and Fox, which animate the animals into a Snap. Meanwhile, the third one called Spring Flowers will generate a bouquet of flowers and use a zoom-out effect to reveal who's holding it. All three Lenses, as well as future ones Snapchat releases, are powered by a generative video model the company built in-house. Snap says it will be adding more every week to expand users' options. 


"We have a long history of being first movers to bring advanced AR, ML and AI tools directly to our community, and we [...]

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2025-06-11

Snapchat adds a new subscription tier for Lenses

Snapchat has added a new layer to its paid offerings. The Lens+ subscription combines the existing Snapchat+ monthly plan with more access to "hundreds of Lenses and AR experiences that let you p [...]

Match Score: 200.99

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2025-06-04

Snapchat now has a standalone app for making gen AI augmented reality effects

Snapchat has been experimenting with generative AI-powered augmented reality lenses in its app for the last couple years. Now, the company is allowing users to make their own with a new standalone app [...]

Match Score: 166.64

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2025-04-30

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 [...]

Match Score: 94.49

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2025-02-10

The best cameras for 2025

Camera launches have been plentiful as of late, with Canon, Nikon, Sony and other major brands releasing important new models recently. In 2024, we saw some notable improvements in areas like autofocu [...]

Match Score: 86.94

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2025-06-05

Snapchat finally has a watchOS app after a decade

There's finally a Snapchat app for watchOS, bringing the social media platform to Apple's line of wearables. This has been a long time coming, given that the first Apple Watch graced our wri [...]

Match Score: 85.17

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2025-06-12

Google Cloud outages: Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and more were down for hours

Google Cloud experienced outages today that led to disruptions for many online services. Reports of issues for Google products and others began around 2 PM ET. The company was able to restore function [...]

Match Score: 73.49

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2025-06-12

Several services including Spotify and Snapchat are partially down

Update, 4:07PM ET: Google said it restored all service. However, other platforms have continued to experience problems. Snapchat acknowledged the ongoing issues on its support page. OpenAI has also po [...]

Match Score: 63.00

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2025-06-12

Google Cloud outages: Spotify, Discord, Snapchat and more partially down

Google Cloud experienced outages today that led to disruptions for many online services. Reports of issues for Google products and others began around 11AM PT/2 PM ET. The company was able to restore [...]

Match Score: 63.00

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2025-04-23

Engadget's favorite videos from 20 years of YouTube

For those of us who've been on the internet for decades, today is a big milestone: the 20th anniversary of the first video uploaded to YouTube. That happened way back on April 23, 2005, only abou [...]

Match Score: 42.24