Snapchat has introduced the launch of a brand new, custom-built app variation for Amazon Fireplace tablets, which is able to allow extra folks to entry Snapchat on a wider vary of units.
The brand new model of the app has been constructed on Fireplace OS, and can ship improved UI capabilities for Amazon units.
As per Snapchat:
“Amazon Fireplace Tablets are a preferred selection for leisure, studying, and staying in contact. With Snapchat now obtainable on Fireplace Tablets, it’s simpler than ever for folks all over the world to create, seize, and share the on a regular basis moments that matter most.”
Snap says that the Fireplace OS app is akin to Android and iOS units, offering entry to core app options, together with Chat, Tales, Lenses, and Highlight.
“Snapchat+ subscribers may also entry the entire advantages of their membership on Fireplace Tablets as properly. With greater than 900 million folks utilizing Snapchat every month, this launch builds on our continued dedication to make Snapchat accessible throughout extra units and platforms – serving to pals and households all over the place keep linked and categorical themselves.”
Amazon’s Fireplace tablets are one of many top-selling pill units in the marketplace. They path Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy units by a giant margin, however Amazon has seen an uptick in demand for its pill gadget over the previous yr, which may make this a worthwhile addition for Snapchat’s broader development ambitions.
And with Snapchat’s person development stalled within the U.S. and EU, it wants all the assistance that it may well get on this entrance. Extra entry will allow extra alternative, and it is sensible for Snap to port its pill format over to Fireplace OS as properly.
Snapchat is now obtainable for obtain on Amazon Fireplace Tablets through the Amazon Appstore.
