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One of the features that attracted a large number of Snapchat users is Stories. This storytelling feature has been quickly copied on applications such as Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and Whatsapp. However, to this day, the number of Snapchat Stories users remains lower compared to the nearly 1 billion users of Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. This translates to Snapchat having to find an escape route to compete with Facebook and other formidable competitors.
Snapchat must find an escape route to compete with Facebook
According to a report by Cheddar, Snapchat is developing a new feature called 'Stories Everywhere,' allowing users to share their stories everywhere, similar to how tweets are embedded on websites.
If you're using Instagram, check out 'How to Use Instagram Stories' to utilize the storytelling feature on this app.
This move by Snapchat aims to cope with their slow growth, along with other actions such as improving the user interface, focusing on data supply, and other app enhancements for Android.
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With these company initiatives, it's either they succeed, or Snap will continue to be a sinking ship.
While Snapchat struggles to find a way out to compete with Facebook, grappling to stay afloat in the software industry, Microsoft, the software giant, is secretly developing the Surface Phone running Windows 10 ARM with hopes of regaining a large user base from Android and iOS.
