Use Snapchat for group chats but wish things could be improved? By utilizing the app's Chat Reply and Bitmoji Reactions, you can do exactly that. Back in the ancient days of 2011, Snapchat was a very simple app. It could be used to send disappearing photos to friends — and that was basically it. The big pitch for Snapchat was that it was the 'fastest way to share a moment on iOS,' sending pictures up to 10x faster than the old MMS standard.
In 2022, Snapchat is in a much different place. The app still allows users to send photos back and forth, but that's now just a small part of the Snapchat experience. It's also home to TikTok-like videos, original shows, stories, AR stickers, games, and more. It can all be a little overwhelming! Plus, with Snapchat regularly adding more and more features, keeping up with what's available has quickly become quite a chore.
While no one will find every Snapchat feature useful, two worth checking out are Chat Reply and Bitmoji Reactions — two things that dramatically improve the Snapchat group chatting experience. Snapchat's quickly become a popular place to have group messages with friends. However, as more and more people are added to a group chat, keeping conversations from getting out of hand can be a struggle. Chat Reply is a great way to fix this. If you want to reply to a specific message in a group chat without derailing the whole thing, tap and hold on a message, wait for the pop-up menu to appear, and tap 'Chat Reply.' This lets you reply to that specific message in its own thread — just like message threads in Discord, Telegram, etc.
How To Use Bitmoji Reactions In Snapchat
Want another way to make group chats better? Bitmoji Reactions can be game-changing. Sometimes in a group chat, all you want is to let someone know you saw their message, or that you like/dislike something they sent. If everyone sends their own message to do this, things get very cluttered very quickly. Bitmoji Reactions prevent this from happening. Similar to reactions in other messaging apps, they allow you to react to a message without sending a new one. And, because this is Snapchat, the reactions all feature your custom Bitmoji. Tap and hold on a message in Snapchat and choose one of the seven reactions at the top of the pop-up menu. There's a love reaction, laughing/crying reaction, like & dislike reactions, and more.
While these may seem like very simple fixes, they go a long way in making Snapchat group chats more manageable. Chat Reply keeps conversations more organized, while Bitmoji Reactions cut back on unnecessary messages. Combined, the two things are invaluable tools you don't want to use Snapchat without.
Source: Snapchat