Snapchat is adding its very first Lens that reacts to sound. Now, when users open the app, they'll see a new type of lens and way to emote thanks to the launch of sound-powered filters in the app.

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If you're a Snapchat Plus subscriber, you can change your notification sounds by setting up custom sounds for friends and groups. Tap and hold a conversation and choose Chat Settings, then ...

Tired of sticking your tongue out to watch that Snapchat augmented reality mask change into a puppy dog face? Snapchat has a new lens reaction that responds to sound. Now in the Snapchat selfie mask ...

Snapchat adds a new Lens that reacts to sound in addition to reacting to the facial movements of the user. The Lens is an animal mask filter with eyes that move and neon ears that pulse based on the ...

Following the company’s introduction of sound-sensing lenses, Snap Inc. has now added speech recognition based lenses to Snapchat. While the previous addition enabled sounds to trigger a change in how ...

You know what would make getting a snap from your bestie even better? Being greeted by the soothing voice of Mike Myer’s Shrek upon opening it — and soon you’ll be able to! Ben Schwerin, Snapchat’s ...

Snapchat has quite a few intriguing Lenses you can play with, including its body-tracking ones that can follow you around and its majestic sky whale Lens that uses sky segmentation technology. Now, it ...

Snapchat really wants to let Madison Avenue know it’s taking measurement seriously. It also wants advertisers to be aware that—unlike other social platforms—people watch its video ads with the sound ...

Inside a pitch-dark room at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hang 42 cell phones, making a room-sized mobile that looks like the sort of dystopic technological device you might find in an episode ...