Mentions in press and media 19
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| Dec 6, 2022 | Snapchat is testing Lenses with power-ups and upgrades that you can buy | At its annual Lens Fest event, Snap announced that it’s experimenting with a small group of AR creators and developers to build Lenses with digital goods that can be purchased with Snap Tokens. As part of this experiment, users will be able... |
| Dec 3, 2022 | This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, Twitter rival Hive’s security woes, App Store backlash grows | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly f... |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Snapchat adds new assistive devices for Bitmoji avatars, including hearing aids and more | Snapchat is adding new assistive devices for Bitmoji avatars to expand its representation options for users. Now, users can add a hearing aid in a variety of colors and choose to have them in one ear or both. Snapchat has also added a selec... |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Snapchat Brings American Sign Language Lens to Teach People ASL via the App | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 07 April 2022, 11:04 pm Snapchat is bringing the American Sign Language to its application and it will be available to learn from the Lens of the social media application for everyone to access. The ASL Lens for S... |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Snapchat’s newest lens aims to teach users American Sign Language | Snapchat announced this week that it’s introducing a new ASL Alphabet lens to encourage users to start learning American Sign Language. The new AR lens will teach users to finger spell their name and practice the ASL alphabet. The lens also... |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Snap Is Bringing AR Experiences To Local Landmarks | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene. Social media giant Snap is taking a step toward its goal of overlaying the physical world with digital objects, laun... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Snapchat knows you want to see what you’d look like in the metaverse | Snapchat released an Avatar lens AR filter today, which makes you look like a Sims character. Or, in more modern parlance, it makes you look like what you’d look like in the metaverse. To use the lens, open your camera in the Snapchat app t... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Snapchat Filter Shows Users What They Look Like in the Metaverse | Urian B., Tech Times 23 December 2021, 03:12 pm With talk about the metaverse booming, some people can't help but wonder what they would look like in this digital space. With that, there's a new Snapchat filter that allows users to see what... |
| Sep 18, 2021 | This Week in Apps: Apple’s iPhone event, App Annie hit with securities fraud, OpenSea goes mobile | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 bill... |
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FAQ about Lenses
What has the press written about Lenses?
Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Lenses, among them “Snapchat is testing Lenses with power-ups and upgrades that you can buy” (Dec 6, 2022) and “This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, Twitter rival Hive’s security woes, App Store backlash grows” (Dec 3, 2022).
Is Lenses still active?
Yes, Lenses is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 10, 2023.