Snapchat for PC

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About Snapchat For PC

BrowserCam introduces Snapchat for PC (MAC) download for free. Snapchat Inc. developed Snapchat app to work with Google Android along with iOS however, you would also be able to install Snapchat on your PC or laptop. We’re going to check out the prerequisites to download Snapchat PC on Windows or MAC computer at the end of this post.

Snapchat is an app for photo and video sharing with your friends and family or with complete strangers instantly. Your messages self-destroy after they are viewed by someone. The idea behind this is to prevent other users from sharing and forwarding your creations. Snapchat is very popular with teenagers and young adults. The photos and videos that you share disappear within seconds after a person views it. Snapchat also allows you to chat with your friends. You can send photos and videos to your contacts directly after applying some fun filters, captions and other enhancements. For serious users, Snapchat doesn't make much sense, since it has no real life value, except for a few seconds of entertainment, but it's not just a photo and video sharing app. Let's look at some more features that Snapchat has to offer.

Snapchat Stories and Memories

You can post multiple snaps to your followers, to create a story. Viewers can view your story as many times as they want in a day, a deviation from the core idea. This feature again is purely targetted at teenagers. Memories contain your past Snaps which you can view and re-share with your followers.

Chat and Video Chat

Using Snapchat, you can connect with your friends and contacts through text messages and video chat. Although this is not the main feature, you can use this to strike up a short conversation with a friend or contact who has just shared an interesting story, without leaving the app. Emojis and Stickers are also available, which is very common in any app having messaging features. There's no group messaging as such, but you can create broadcasts.

Filters and Effects

Snapchat has limited filters and special effects that you can apply to your photos and videos. In the age of Instagram and other photo editing apps, Snapchat lacks in this department. There's not much that you can do except for a few fun manipulations to your snaps.

Verdict

Snapchat does what it is intended to. Although you probably won't use it regularly, the idea of sharing secret photos and videos which last for a few seconds has takers. It is immensely popular with teenagers. Even without a convincing feature set, it has managed to keep its users happy and snapping. The app is not straight forward to use for a first time user. The UI is a bit confusing. Overall, we rate Snapchat 3.5 out of 5. It probably needs a little more organizing on the UI and UX. Having said that, Snapchat deserves a lot of appreciation for keeping its users engaged who show no sign of slowing down. Snapchatters are on a roll.

How to Install Snapchat for PC or MAC:

1. To start with, you have to download either BlueStacks or Andy to your PC. The download links are available on the top.

2. Right after the installer is downloaded, open it to start the installation process.

3. Keep clicking "Next" till you reach the final installation page of the setup.

4. When you see the "Install" button, click on it to finish the installation process.

5. Start BlueStacks Android emulator from thWindowsws or MAC start menu or desktop shortcut.

6. If this is your very first time using BlueStacks App Player it’s important to link your Google account with emulator.

7. Congratulations! The first step is complete. After this, it’s easy to install Snapchat for PC with BlueStacks software either by searching Snapchat app on Google Play Store or by downloading the apk file.

After you have installed the Android emulator, you may even use the APK file to install Snapchat for PC either by clicking on downloaded apk or by launching it via BlueStacks application since few of the Android apps or games are probably not available on Google Play Store since they don’t stick to the developer policies. You could go through the above exact same process even when if choose to pick Andy or if you want to install BlueStacks or Andy for MAC.