10 best Snapchat hacks you didn’t know about

Snapchat is a fun platform of sharing your pictures and videos with your friends, but is it the most user-friendly app?probably not!

There are a lot of features that aren’t visibly obvious even if you have mastered the basics.

Following are 10 best Snapchat hacks to get the most out of your Snapchat experience:

1. Want to avoid sending a notification to your friend on a screenshot you took?
   • Turn your phone on airplane mode.
   • Take the screenshot and immediately log out of the app.
   • Then, turn off airplane mode
   • Log back into Snapchat. Simple isn’t it? 🙂
2. Zoom in/out with just one finger: No pinching on your screens now. Just slide your finger up for zoom in and down for zoom out while recording.
3. Write multiple text lines to your Snaps:
   • Open the ‘Notes’ app on your phone
   • Tap the enter/return button a few times to create empty lines
   • Highlight and copy the empty lines
   • Open Snapchat and take a photo/video
   • Tap the “T” icon and paste the empty lines into the caption box
   • Place your cursor on any line and type your text
4. Change the color of individual words and letters
   • Type text and tap on “T” icon to get the largest size text
   • Select a color from the color palette to start with
   • Next, tap any word in the text and click the ‘select’ option to highlight the word
   • Highlight any word/letter for changing its color
   • Choose the color from the color palette
5. Using multiple filters on your snap:
   • Pick a photo on Snapchat.
   • Slide your finger left or right and select a filter.
   • Now, while holding one finger on your Snap, slide left or right with another finger to select other filters.
   • You can add multiple geo-filters, timestamps, temperature, colored filters, and more.
6. Blow up an emoji: You can change the size of any emoji to your desired size.
   • Insert an emoji and tap the “T” icon on the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
   • Then use fingers to drag the emoji to your desired size and position.
7. Accessing Black and White colors:
   • To access white color: Tap on the pen icon and without lifting your finger, drag to the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
   • To access black color: Tap on the pen icon and without lifting your finger, drag to the lower left-hand corner of the screen.
8. Switching between front and rear camera while recording: While filming a video, just double tap the screen to switch between ‘point of view’ mode to selfie mode.
9. Give a soundtrack to your Snap: Though it’s simple but requires a bit of timing if you want to capture a specific part of a song.
   • Open a music app on your phone
   • Pick and Play your desired song
   • Go back on Snapchat and start recording
10. Finding out if another user follows you back: Look out if your competitor is keeping tabs on you.
    • Open Snapchat and go to ‘Add Friends’
    • Select ‘Add by Username’
    • Type the person’s username
    • Hold down on their username
    • If you see their Snapchat score, that means they are following you back

Hoping now you are aware of some of the lesser-known features of Snapchat. Try uncovering more….Happy Snapchatting!