Are you ready to join the Snapchat community but don’t know how to start? In this situation, you must continue with reading because the following lines of this article give you a step-by-step guide on your Snapchat startup and brand new experience. The first thing that you need to know before the step-by-step guide is the fact that one of the hottest mobile texting applications nowadays is Snapchat. This app practically wants to help you avoid killing the memory of your phone, whenever you are willing to send photos and videos to your friends and family members.
Therefore, Snapchat represents a convenient way to send your photos and videos to your friends and family. This app has been launched in 2011 and it enables the users to add filters, drawing and captions to their photos and videos. The photos and videos taken via Snapchat are known (called) as snaps. While other messaging applications let you see the posts for an unlimited period of time, via Snapchat you are able to see them only for 10 seconds and then they disappear from the platform forever. Practically, after the post has been visible for 10 seconds, the service destroys it and there will be no evidence that you ever shared that certain photo or video.
Snapchat Basics
Knowing these important facts related to this app, you already decided if you want to become a member or you will not use the app. If you decided that you want to start your Snapchat activity, here’s what you have to do. The first step that you have to do is to download the app and then sign up. If you’re downloading the app on your Android or iOS device, you’ll be able to do it for free. After downloading and installing it on your phone, you will open it. At this point you will have two options to choose from: sign in with a new account or with an existing one. When signing up, you will be required to give your email address, password and birthday.
The minimum age to be enabled for using Snapchat is 13 years. If you’re not 13 years old yet, you will be redirected to the limited version of this app called Snapkidz. For verification, for the users older than 13, you will be asked to verify your identify with your mobile number, but don’t worry because your number will remain private.
The second step consists of adding your contacts. All of your friends of whom phone numbers are introduced into your contacts can be added to your friends list on Snapchat. You can choose to add all of the people as friends who are in your address book or choose to find them one by one, by typing in their username at the ‘My Friends’ section on Snapchat. At the ‘My Friends’ section you can search for other Snapchat users, view your friends and add new ones. Others who have your phone number in their contacts can also add you as a friend.
You also have to become familiar with the settings of your Snapchat account, because you might need to adjust some of them, based on your preferences. Before starting to use the app, check all of your settings. You might want to set who can see your stories as well as update the privacy of your personal information. In the special features section, you can change the font of your text, emojis or choose the replay feature that can be used only once every 24 hours and other special features.
When you have all this done, you can go ahead and start creating your own snaps. For this step, you first need to use the camera. Snapchat automatically activates the camera of your phone and it’s extremely easy to use it. There’s a circle on the bottom of the screen that you have to tap, when you are willing to take a picture. When willing to make a video, tap and hold the same button. The maximum length of your videos can be 10 seconds.
After your photos and/or videos are ready, Snapchat also enables you to spice them up a little bit, by adding captions for example. You have to tap somewhere on the screen to be able to add a caption on your photo. We already mentioned above that you can also draw on your snaps. You can use the pencil tool and pick a color and then use your finger to draw on your snap. If you don’t want your snaps to be visible for the maximum of 10 seconds, you can choose to decrease the time limit.
Finally, if you want to save your snaps, Snapchat will need access to your photo album. Keep in mind that the photos and videos that you want to remain on your phone will have to be saved first. Photos and videos that have already been sent are not possible to be saved on your device anymore. With this cool app that makes communication between people so easy, there’s no wonder why users love it so much! Therefore, you must be the next person giving this entertaining application a try!
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