Snapchat rolls out Group Streaks and ‘Infinite Retention’ for chats

Snapchat has introduced a few new options it says are “extremely requested” by its customers. The primary is “Infinite Retention,” which as its title implies will mean you can preserve a chat historical past like you would on a messaging app and stop your messages from disappearing. “We’ve typically heard from our neighborhood that Snapchatters need to save their chats endlessly and want they might construct streaks with their favourite teams,” its announcement reads.

The app has been testing the characteristic since 2024, and now it is being rolled out broadly. You would already save messages within the app by tapping on them contained in the chat, however this one makes issues simpler. It is a setting you may simply have to change on or off for every dialog. When you allow the setting, the opposite particular person within the dialog will get a notification that you just did, and they’ll be capable of swap it off if they need. You possibly can, for example, swap Infinite Retention on for an in depth pal however preserve it off for acquaintances.

As well as, Snapchat is rolling out Group Streaks that may allow you to contribute to a collective Streak with your pals. To maintain up particular person Streaks, you may should ship and obtain no less than one photograph or video Snap with a pal daily. Group Streaks are simpler to maintain going, since a number of folks can take part. You too can restore a Group Streak inside per week in case it ends.

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