Los Angeles - (dpa) - The social networking application company, Snapchat, seeks to provide a completely new feature to restore users' interest in the application in the face of fierce competition from other video and photo platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.
The application company, which can automatically delete and destroy images exchanged between users, is testing a very small flying camera to facilitate the capture and exchange of images between users.
"In an effort to make the selfie stick a thing of the past in the age of drone technology, the company is developing Snapchat's built-in Pixie Camera, which is capable of working with several preset flight programs," said Evan Spiegel, co-founder of Snapchat.
The flying camera rotates around the user, takes photos and videos, and places them in the palm of their hand.
Snap says that the price of this flying camera will reach 229 and will be available in the United States and France only at the present time.
The Snapchat application achieved its popularity in the beginning through the feature of automatically destroying images exchanged between users after viewing them. However, this distinctive feature is no longer the case with the emergence of similar features on other social media platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp. Since that time, Snap's management has been trying to develop the application based on AR technologies.
Using augmented reality technology, Snapchat allows users to see digital photos and other items on top of what they can see using their smartphone camera.
Spiegel tells the German news agency (dpa) that he is convinced that the use of augmented reality technology will continue to grow, and many companies are investing in this feature.
Share your opinion
Snapchat is testing a small flying camera as an alternative to the selfie stick