{"id":14243,"date":"2019-02-14T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/first-look-at-twitters-snapchatty-new-camera-feature.html"},"modified":"2019-02-14T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:00:07","slug":"first-look-at-twitters-snapchatty-new-camera-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/first-look-at-twitters-snapchatty-new-camera-feature.html","title":{"rendered":"First look at Twitter\u2019s Snapchatty new Camera feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter has been secretly developing an enhanced camera feature that\u2019s accessible with a swipe from the home screen and allows you to overlay captions on photos, videos, and Live broadcasts before sharing them to the timeline. Twitter is already used by people to post pictures and videos, but as it builds up its profile as a media company, and in the age of Snapchat and Instagram, it is working on the feature in hopes it will get people doing that even more.<\/p>\n

Described in Twitter\u2019s code as the \u201cNews Camera\u201d, the Snapchat-style visual sharing option could turn more people into citizen journalists\u2026 or just get them sharing more selfies, reaction shots, and the world around them. Getting more original visual content into Twitter spices up the feed and could also help photo and video ads blend in.<\/p>\n

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Prototypes of the new Twitter camera were first spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra<\/a> a week ago, and he produced a video of the feature today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He describes the ability to swipe left from the homescreen to bring up the new unified capture screen. After you shoot some media, overlays appear prompting you to add a location and a caption to describe \u201cwhat\u2019s happening\u201d. Users can choose from six colored backgrounds for the caption and location overlay card before posting, which lets you unite words and imagery on Twitter for the first time to make a splash with your tweets.<\/p>\n

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NEW! Twitter is testing a \u2018News Camera\u2019 feature\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s you add location details and colour overlays to photos, videos, or live streams.<\/p>\n

Has a redesigned composer UI too. <\/p>\n

First spotted by me here: https:\/\/t.co\/zVfXKJ8WBS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/AwpHOpr9Vy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Meanwhile, code digger and frequent TechCrunch tipster Jane Manchun Wong<\/a> has found Twitter code describing how users should \u201cTry the updated Twitter camera\u201d to \u201ccapture photos, videos, and go live\u201d. Bloomberg and CNBC<\/a> had previously reported that Twitter was building an improved camera, but without feature details or screenshots.\"\"<\/p>\n

Twitter confirmed to TechCrunch that it\u2019s currently developing the new camera feature. A Twitter spokesperson told us \u201cI can confirm that we\u2019re working on an easier way to share thing like images and videos on Twitter. What you\u2019re seeing is in mid-development so it\u2019s tough to comment on what things will look like in the final stage. The team is still actively working on what we\u2019ll actually end up shipping.\u201d When asked when it would launch, the spokesperson told us \u201cUnfortunately we don\u2019t have a timeline right now. You could expect the first half of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Twitter has largely sat by as visual sharing overtook the rest of the social media landscape. It\u2019s yet to launch a Snapchat Stories feature like almost every other app \u2014 although you could argue that Moments<\/a> was an effort to do that \u2014 and it seems to have neglected Persicope as the Live broadcasting trend waned. But the information density of all the words on Twitter might make it daunting to mainstream users compared to something easy and visual like Instagram.<\/p>\n

This month, as it turns away from reporting monthly active users, Twitter reported<\/a> daily active users for the first time, revealing it has 126 million that are monetizable compared to Snapchat\u2019s 186 million while Instagram has over 500 million.<\/p>\n

The new Twitter camera could make the service more appealing for people who see something worth sharing, but don\u2019t always know what to say,<\/p>\n

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