Snapchat Now Lets Users Record Videos While Playing Music

[mmadhankumar]

In a bid to achieve the top spot among other popular messaging apps, Snapchat has added a new feature that lets users play music while recording a video. Notably, the firm last month partnered with CNN, ESPN and nine other media companies to provide news and entertainment content to its users in the form of videos and articles in its Discover section.

The new Snapchat feature comes as a part of the latest update, which brings the app to version 9.2.0. It is limited to iOS devices for now, and the updated app is available to download from the App Store. The feature is essentially aimed at extending users' creativity by letting them add music or their own soundtracks to snaps. Previously users would have had to play music via speakers in the background, and allow it to be recorded by the smartphone's microphone while shooting a video.

It is also worth mentioning that before this feature, playing music from another app like iTunes, Spotify or SoundCloud led Snapchat to pause during a video capture. However, with the new Snapchat feature, the app will record everything that's playing in the background on the smartphone once the user starts recording a video.


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