Snapchat just stealthily launched a "HUGE" update that the company says will "change your life."
Instead of seeing your "best friends" ranked as they used to be, you will now get to follow an emoji coda to see who your most snapped buddies really are.
"Starting today, a bunch of emojis will be popping up in your Snapchat friends list," the company writes (check out the post inside its Snap Discover channel).
"No, they weren't just our favorite ones (shout out to the poop emoji), they actually mean something super-important — they break down your whole squad."
Users will begin to see emojis next to some of their Snapchat friends' names that indicate the status of their photo-sharing friendship.
There are six levels of connection, ranging from best friends to "You're their BF ... but they're not yours," which is aptly represented by a smirking face.
Snapchat cheekily used a bunch of pictures of Beyoncé with members of her crew to mark what each of the different levels means.
Here's the rundown so you can keep track:
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Snapchat also launched two other features — one to lighten dark photos and one to nudge you to snap old friends whom you haven't connected with in a while.
Next time you try to take a photo in a dark room, you'll notice a half-moon symbol. Press it, and the picture will brighten:
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Snapchat will include a new list of people in a "Needs Love" section of your recent snaps, according to TechCrunch's Josh Constine (we haven't seen any people listed there yet).
Overall, reactions on Twitter seemed to be mixed. Some think Snapchat's new emoji-fication will cause fights (it probably will), while others like the new status symbols:
The ‘Best Friends’ System
When Snapchat launched, there was a ‘Best Friends’ feature showing who other users interacted with frequently. This allowed you to tap other user profiles to see the top three accounts they interacted with. Snapchat removed this feature in 2015, due to a number of high-profile Snapchat users being concerned about privacy issues. We bet it was awkward when people found out their significant other was best friends with someone else! You can imagine the conversations (and maybe even rows!) that occurred with those revelations.
When the ‘Best Friends’ feature was removed, Snapchat introduced a new system, Snapchat emojis. The emojis are a bit more user-friendly and designed to help prevent misunderstandings between friends or relationships happening.
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