{"id":1002,"date":"2016-10-18T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/facebook-is-now-testing-its-snapchat-stories-clone-in-australia.html"},"modified":"2016-10-18T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:21:37","slug":"facebook-is-now-testing-its-snapchat-stories-clone-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-is-now-testing-its-snapchat-stories-clone-in-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook is now testing its Snapchat Stories clone in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Facebook has\u00a0expanded a\u00a0test\u00a0of a Snapchat Stories clone feature<\/a>,\u00a0called Messenger Day, to users of its\u00a0app in Australia.\u00a0The casual sharing feature lets people\u00a0send illustrated, filter-enhanced photos and videos to friends\u00a0which\u00a0disappear in 24 hours\u00a0\u2014 a la\u00a0Snapchat.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0tipster, Ali Duff, reported finding the new feature\u00a0to us after updating the\u00a0iOS app today \u2014 sending a few\u00a0screenshots, including this splash screen promoting\u00a0Messenger Day:<\/p>\n

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Facebook confirmed Messenger Day has arrived for some users\u00a0in Australia, couching it as \u201ca small test\u201d.<\/p>\n

In an email to\u00a0TechCrunch a\u00a0Messenger spokesperson said:\u00a0<\/em>\u201cWe know that people come to Messenger to share everyday moments with friends and family. In Australia we are running a small test of new ways for people to share those updates visually.\u201d<\/span>
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It\u2019s the second market for Messenger Day thus far. Late last month the\u00a0feature popped up for users in\u00a0Poland, although it wasn\u2019t clear how serious the\u00a0Facebook experiment was at that point, and whether it intended to roll it out to other markets.<\/p>\n

Now it looks like the social networking giant has stepped up the testing\u00a0\u2014 taking Messenger Day to its first English-speaking market. Although there\u2019s still no guarantee the feature will get a full launch.<\/p>\n

That will doubtless depend in part on how well it\u2019s received. (Duff\u2019s concise assessment of the Messenger Day feature is: \u201cFacebook is now basically Snapchat.\u201d)<\/p>\n

And on wider considerations for\u00a0 Facebook of whether it wants to try going head-to-head with Snapchat in markets where the latter is very\u00a0popular. In North American, for example, some 60 million people use Snapchat daily at this point.<\/p>\n

Facebook declined to comment on whether it will be bringing Messenger Day to any other markets, saying only: \u201cWe have nothing more to announce at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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