

This is devastating to MTF & NB transgender people…

The news is even awful for some transgender people who made calls on various platforms, especially using the ‘Remove Beard Lens’. Users are now extremely disappointed because this application worked flawlessly for them. This decision has seemingly caught some users off guard and prompted them to turn to social media sites to voice their worries about the same ( 1, 2, 3, With snap camera leaving, will there be something for streamers to still use your product easily?

Snap Camera shutdown in January 2023īut as of January 25, 2023, the Snap Camera app will no longer be usable or downloadable, according to a recent Snapchat announcement. It uses the webcam on your computer and essentially allows you to make use of exciting filters as well. This may be an opportunity for Meta to develop a similar and equally powerful tool.Snap Camera is a desktop version of Snapchat that lets you utilize its already-existing library of lenses and apply them to video chat and live streaming platforms. This avoids participants connecting their source to Snap and "wasting time" (even though this was a very quick process).įor the moment we don't know the future of this feature as Snapchat has not communicated more information. In addition, most video conferencing tools themselves offer filters to use. Since the end of the Covid 19 pandemic, many have stopped teleworking. Secondly, among Snap Camera consumers, we could find employees who telework. The first assumption is that the choice to close Snap Camera allows to limit the loss of money. Indeed, in 2022, 20% of the employees were laid off. As you may know, Snap is currently in the red and needs to do something to keep moving in the right direction. However, it still required teams of developers to maintain and update the software. But several elements can be taken into account in order to guess the choice to close this tool.įirstly, Snap Camera was completely free and no revenue was earned.

For the moment, the Snap group has not given an explanation for this unexpected closure.
