Amid growing popularity of image messaging application, Snapchat, Facebook is updating its services to keep them on par with it.
The social media giant has already introduced some features to its apps that seem to directly imitate those on Snapchat as Facebook’s Messenger app has received the similar look with its latest update – a revamp to the app’s camera.
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The update has begun rolling out for Android and iOS apps, but has not yet reached India.
The latest update to Facebook’s Messenger app puts the camera button at the centre of the screen and this pretty much sums up the strategy by the company. It doesn’t matter if users have just opened up the app or they are in a conversation, they can see the shutter button at the centre of screen. Just like most camera apps, a single tap will take pictures while a longer press will start recording a video.
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“In some ways the camera is now replacing the keyboard,” the company said in its blog post.