Snapchat began testing a Visual Search feature this week that allows users to simply take a picture of a product or barcode to find it on Amazon. Snapchat announced in a blogpost that this week marks the debut of its Visual Search testing phase, a feature designed to make shopping easier than ever.
Snapchat began testing a Visual Search feature this week that allows users to simply take a picture of a product or barcode to find it on Amazon. Snapchat announced in a blogpost that this week marks the debut of its Visual Search testing phase, a feature designed to make shopping easier than ever.
The instructions are simple: if you see something you like, just snap it. End of story. An Amazon card will appear on-screen displaying the product, price, user rating, and even Prime availability. If you're interested in seeing more details, viewing all the results, or purchasing the item, you can tap the button indicated on the card to be redirected to the Amazon app or web page.
With this latest functionality Snapchat is taking online browsing to a new level and further bringing together e-commerce and social media.
Last month, Snapchat rolled out an update to its iOS app. However, with the update, the app's source code also got exposed. As Motherboard reports, the code was exposed on GitHub. However, Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, revealed that it did not compromise the app and had no impact on the community.
Snap has asked GitHub to remove the exposed code data from the site. The public access to the repository has also been disabled but some researchers appear to be exchanging the data privately.
Snapcash, which started as a way of splitting bills among friends ended up being used as a way of exchanging private content, and now parent Snapchat wants to put it to rest. Four years after launching the peer-to-peer payment service, Snapcash will be shutting down on August 30, TechCrunch reported. Snapcash was the first product Snapchat built in partnership with another company called Square.
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