What are the tips for finding friends using Snapchat?
Snapchat has become one of the popularly used messaging applications. With the help of this, users can take pictures, add drawings, record videos, and share it with other users and friends in just a click. When you receive any snap on the app, it would be visible only for a few seconds. After you click it once or the time expires, it will not be visible anymore. For beginners, knowing the features can help to use the app better as it is packed with the latest features. After some updates, it offers a better interface making it easy to use the app. Let us focus on the features of the app.
How to take snap and share it?
As the name goes, snap is a picture that you can exchange using the app with other friends. A video lasts for 10 seconds on the app. Once a snap is viewed by the users, it disappears. But if you add the snap to your story, it remains on your profile for long. Even unopened snaps also get deleted after 30 days.
Stories on snapchat
In the story section, you can upload photos and videos that you wish to share with your friends in the account.
There is also the option of custom stories. Here, you can create a group story in which only selected people can contribute to it. Other than friends, friends, or friends can also post in these stories. To find friends on the app, it can be done via the snapchat username search option.
Search using the username search option
Some simple steps can help to find other users on the app.
- First, tap on the app icon to open it
- Now, on the search bar present on top of the screen, type the username of the person that shall help to locate the person
- Username matching with your search result or close to the location will instantly show up
- Just as you find the person, you have to click on the “+” option that is given next to the name of the person
You also sync contacts with Snapchat, and the steps are given below.
- After opening the application, click on the profile option that appears as Bitmoji.
- Below the profile information, click on the ‘Find Friends on Snapchat’ option that helps to sync the contact on the device with the app.
- Now, confirm the sync function by clicking on the continue button.
- After contacts are synced, the name of the person will appear in the list form.
- You have to click on the “+” sign for the person whom you want to add on the Snapchat account.