Image credit – TechCrunch
If you are an avid Snapchat user, you might be familiar with one of the app’s features called Geofilters. Basically depending on where you are, users will be able to select from location-specific filters. One of the examples was if you were at a live sporting event, you could select a filter that would show the actual score of the game to overlay on your Snaps.
That being said it looks like Snapchat has decided to create a miniaturized version of its Geofilters called Geostickers. The concept is the same where depending on where you are, you will be able to select stickers appropriate to the location to decorate your Snap with. For example in the image above from TechCrunch shows how stickers in San Francisco might be related to crazy rentals and also the tech community.
According to Snapchat, there are 15 stickers available in San Francisco at the moment, and they are also expected to launch Geostickers in markets such as Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, DC, Honolulu, London, Sydney, São Paulo, Paris, and Riyadh. It is unclear if Snapchat will eventually allow users to create their own Geostickers, like what they’ve done with Geofilters, but presumably if the feature takes off we could see that happening.
In the meantime if you are in the San Francisco area, the feature should already be live for you guys so take it for a spin if you’re interested in checking it out.