Snapchat is formally rolling out native help for iPad, the corporate introduced within the app’s newest launch notes. Since Snapchat’s launch in 2011, the social networking app has solely been out there on iPads as an iPhone app with giant black borders round it, not as a local app for the iPad’s larger display screen.
With this new replace, help for iPad is rolling out 13 years after Snapchat launched on iOS.
“Snapchat now presents native help for iPad,” the App Store launch notes merely state. “This signifies that Snapchat will fill an iPad’s full display screen, offering you with a bigger canvas when capturing Snaps and permitting you to see extra mates on the 2nd and 4th tabs.”
The new app will increase accessibility on iPads, whereas additionally serving as a little bit of a testing floor for brand new options, as you possibly can mess around with instruments, AR experiences and AI on a much bigger display screen. It’s unclear why Snap has waited till now to deliver its app to iPad, nor has the corporate disclosed if it’ll provide any new experiences for iPad customers.
Unfortunately, the brand new app nonetheless isn’t totally optimized for tablets as it may solely run in portrait mode, not panorama mode.
The launch of the native app comes as TikTok launched an replace final yr that was designed to make the most of bigger screens like iPads and tablets. The replace began permitting individuals to make use of the app in panorama mode and navigate the app extra simply. By releasing native help for iPads, Snapchat is healthier poised to compete with TikTok, and presumably get extra eyes on its TikTok competitor, Spotlight.
It’s additionally price noting that one other Instagram has but to launch a local iPad app, which supplies each Snapchat and TikTok a little bit of a aggressive edge over the Meta-owned platform.
