Snapchat Rolls Out Group Streaks And 'infinite Retention' For Chats

Snapchat has introduced a mates of caller features it says are "highly requested" by its users. The first is "Infinite Retention," which arsenic its sanction implies will let you to support a chat history for illustration you could connected a messaging app and forestall your messages from disappearing. "We’ve often heard from our organization that Snapchatters want to prevention their chats everlastingly and wish they could build streaks pinch their favourite groups," its announcement reads.

The app has been testing nan characteristic since 2024, and now it's being rolled retired broadly. You could already prevention messages successful nan app by tapping connected them wrong nan chat, but this 1 makes things easier. It's a mounting you'll conscionable person to move connected aliases disconnected for each conversation. If you alteration nan setting, nan different personification successful nan speech will get a notification that you did, and they will beryllium capable to move it disconnected if they want. You can, for instance, move Infinite Retention connected for a adjacent friend but support it disconnected for acquaintances.

In addition, Snapchat is rolling retired Group Streaks that will fto you lend to a corporate Streak pinch your friends. To support up individual Streaks, you'll person to nonstop and person astatine slightest 1 photograph aliases video Snap pinch a friend each day. Group Streaks are easier to support going, since respective group tin participate. You tin besides reconstruct a Group Streak wrong a week successful lawsuit it ends.

Jim Lanzone, nan CEO of Engadget’s genitor institution Yahoo, joined nan committee of board astatine Snap connected September 12, 2024. No 1 extracurricular of Engadget’s editorial squad has immoderate opportunity successful our sum of nan company.