Snapchat recently updated its app, leaving users from all across the world infuriated. People took to social media criticizing the app and its recent update.
Snapchat is one of the most loved applications in today’s generation. The update caused a panic and uproar where a lot of users insisted to revert back the changes and even threatening to uninstall the app.
As The Independent describes, in the new update, the stories are no longer arranged chronologically and do not even appear on a separate section. Instead, the stories’ section is merged with all the regular snaps, messages and group chats into a new Friends page. In order to post their own story, see views or delete the story, the user would have to tap on the Snapchat logo on the top-left corner on the main camera screen.
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While announcing about the redesign back in November last year, CEO Evan Spiegel said that this new update might be complicated to understand and use for some customers. He said, “There is a strong likelihood that the redesign of our application will be disruptive to our business in the short term, and we don’t yet know how the behavior of our community will change when they begin to use our updated application. We’re willing to take that risk for what we believe are substantial long-term benefits to our business.”
Here are a few reactions from annoyed users regarding the update:
Dear @Snapchat ya new update is beyond garbage
— Ryan Rose (@RidiculouslyRy) February 9, 2018
HOW TO FIX SNAPCHAT UPDATE; delete the app, open instagram.
— Casey Neistat (@CaseyNeistat) February 8, 2018
New Snapchat update is just like your life, so much confusing. Par adjust karna parega. #SnapchatUpdate
— MA (@aemaay98) February 7, 2018
Hi @Snapchat , your new layout/UI update is absolutely terrible. Wont be using the app due to this. What were you guys thinking?
— Taneshh (@Taneshh10) February 8, 2018
That person who designed the new @Snapchat update right now after reading everyone’s tweets: #snapchatupdate pic.twitter.com/rfcBoD42Gi
— Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) February 8, 2018
However, Snapchat replied to the complaints telling that the users will enjoy the update once they ‘settle in’.
An update as big as this one can take a little getting used to, but we hope you'll enjoy it once you settle in
Keep in mind that it’s not possible to revert to a previous version of Snapchat.
— Snapchat Support (@snapchatsupport) February 8, 2018
Head over to https://t.co/kH7zlU4l6m Note: After the account is permanently deleted, the username will no longer be available.
— Snapchat Support (@snapchatsupport) February 8, 2018