You can finally use Snapchat on your computer

Snapchat is one of the rare social media apps that never made the transition from mobile to desktop. Instagram has a web app and WhatsApp has a desktop app, but until now you always needed your phone if you wanted to snap. From today,whether you’re sending a quick photo to a friend or joining a group video call, you can pick up those conversations on your Mac or PC.

However, this is not necessarily “news”. Snapchat has had a web app for Snapchat+ subscribers since July. For $3.99 a month, you could have taken photos of your friends from your laptop.summer. Of course, if I didn’t do that, I would have just saved $8. Snap Inc. Feature officially rolled out to everyone today.

First, you should be using the latest version of Chrome or Microsoft Edge. No, Snapchat doesn’t have a Mac or PC app. This is the web app.go To web.snapchat.comClick and log in with your username and password. If two-factor authentication is set up (what you absolutely should do) code must be entered.

Next, you’ll need to verify your account in the Snapchat app on your iPhone or Android.Tap the notification that appears on your mobile device and at the prompt[はい]Tap. (Needless to say, when you see this alert popup on Snapchat, is not If you’re trying to sign in to your account in the web app,[はい]Do not click (tap “No”)

Once everything is done, you will see a welcome page featuring your Snapchat avatar.[開始]to give Snapchat access to your computer’s webcam and microphone. If your camera doesn’t turn on automatically, click the big camera icon in the middle of the screen to turn it on.

From here on out, it’s really just Snapchat in its more limited and distilled form. You can start a video call or voice call. However, you cannot view Snap Maps, Stories, Discover, Spotlight, or Snap Archives. But more importantly, I can’t open snaps on my computerYou can send to your heart’s content, but when you receive it you have to pick up the phone to check.

Obviously, if you’re worried about missing features, especially the opening snapthe web app doesn’t quite feel like the Snapchat you know and love.In the future, Snap may add the ability to open Snaps and Stories to the web app, but for now, Snapchat on the web is designed to allow conversations to move from mobile to desktop and vice versa. It seems designed.