{"id":3025,"date":"2017-01-23T21:14:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T21:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/snapchats-big-redesign-featuring-universal-search-and-more-just-hit-ios.html"},"modified":"2017-01-23T21:14:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T21:14:16","slug":"snapchats-big-redesign-featuring-universal-search-and-more-just-hit-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/snapchats-big-redesign-featuring-universal-search-and-more-just-hit-ios.html","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat\u2019s big redesign, featuring universal search and more, just hit iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Snapchat\u2019s major\u00a0redesign<\/a>, which introduces a universal search bar to the top of the app, among other features, has today\u00a0hit iOS. The refreshed user interface was first announced earlier this month<\/a>, but was only available to Android users at the time with a promise that it would\u00a0reach iPhone users \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The app has long been criticized for being too hard to navigate \u2013 something that gave it a bit of \u201csecret club\u201d status among its core demographic of young adults. After all, if the grown-ups can\u2019t figure out how to use the app\u2019s complicated swipe-gestures to move around and find its features, maybe they\u2019ll just stay away.<\/p>\n

While this has helped to contribute to the app\u2019s coolness factor, it\u2019s maybe not as good a look for a company that now wants to cater to brands and advertisers, grow its revenue, and potentially IPO in the year ahead.<\/p>\n

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With the new search bar, Snapchat aims to\u00a0make it easier for its users to find friends, groups, Discover publishers and Our Stories. By tapping into the Search box, a new overlay appears, letting you quickly access\u00a0friends\u2019 messages or stories through its \u201cQuick Chat\u201d suggestions, connect with\u00a0your group chats, flip through a list of new friends, add others, or find friends in your contacts.<\/p>\n

You can also tap and hold someone\u2019s card to see their mini profile, as well as\u00a0tap your Bitmoji to the left of the search bar to jump to your own full profile. Here, you\u2019ll notice your profile includes your \u201cBest Friends\u201d (frequent contacts), too.<\/p>\n

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In addition to locating friends\u2019 accounts and stories, you can search for Discover channels or Our Stories\u00a0by title.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s easier to submit your snaps to Our Story, Snapchat\u2019s curated montages\u00a0that focus on events, themes, holidays and more. Instead, you can just check the box next to \u201cOur Story,\u201d which gives Snapchat the right to use your posts in whichever Our Story it wants. (Before, users had to pick which Our Story\u00a0they were authorizing.)<\/p>\n

Whether these new features actually make Snapchat easier for newcomers is debatable. The search bar is fairly obvious, and opens the door for search ads in the future, but other features assume a level of familiarity with the app. Snapchat hasn\u2019t really changed its core\u00a0navigation of using swipes and gestures, but has rather created a way to access shortcuts that take users to its various\u00a0features and sections.<\/p>\n

The update comes at a time when Instagram has fairly successfully copied one of Snapchat\u2019s most powerful features, as its own Instagram Stories have hit\u00a0150 million daily users<\/a>, the same as Snapchat. The hope is that this update will keep Snapchat\u2019s users engaged with the feature it helped pioneer.<\/p>\n

So far, Twitter users noticing the update are reporting mixed feelings. Some apparently like the update, while others call it \u201cweird\u201d or \u201cugly.\u201d Others still, say they\u2019re unsure or confused. This is likely good news for Snapchat, as any new feature will see\u00a0some griping, but there isn\u2019t yet any major backlash about the changes.<\/p>\n

Snapchat\u2019s new version is available in the current iOS update, out now on the App Store.<\/p>\n

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