Snapchat is getting into Creator Subscriptions. Starting February 23, a group of US creators including Jeremiah Brown, Harry Jowsey, and Skai Jackson will begin offering paid subscriptions. Expansion to additional Snap Stars in Canada, the UK, and France will follow in the coming weeks.

Snapchat expanded to Amazon Fire Tablets, offering a similar experience to iOS and Android, including easy access to Chat, Stories, Lenses, and Spotlight.

Snapchat launched Home Safe, letting users send one-time alerts to friends or family when they get home safely.

Snapchat is acquiring Saturn, a calendar app designed for high school and college students. The app includes features built around student life, like block schedules, sortable calendars, and tools to manage extracurriculars.

Snapchat is rolling out new creator tools, including auto-saving Stories to profiles, simplified video creation with templates, and editing with a Timeline editor. Creators will also get deeper insights like Returning Viewers, Top Content, and Views by Traffic Source to better understand what’s working.

Snapchat paid out more than half a billion dollars to creators and media partners in 2024. CEO Evan Spiegel shared the figure during a conversation with Kaya Yurieff at The Information’s Future of Influence event.

Snapchat is expanding its Sponsored Snaps offering.

Snapchat recently unveiled new tools for creators at the Snapchat Partner Summit.

Snapchat is testing a simplified version of the app called Simple Snapchat.

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel shared updates for the platform in an employee memo.

Snapchat has added native support for iPads.

Snapchat has added the ability for creators to share longer videos. Creators can now share up to three-minute videos and upload five-minute videos for Chats, Stories, and Spotlight.