Social Snapshot – 06.04.2022

April 6, 2022

With so much social media news popping up every day, it can be hard to stay up to date. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Take a look at the latest happenings in the world of social media with this week’s social snapshot👇🏻

Snapchat adds YouTube link stickers

Snapchat users will be able to tap the Snapchat icon when sharing on YouTube and add a link as a sticker in their Story.

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Instagram updates reels editing tools

Instagram recently updated the editing process within Reels to make it easier to trim and re-arrange your video.

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TikTok adds a new ‘Background Player’ option for Live-Streams

TikTok’s added a new ‘Background Player’ option within TikTok Live, which enables you to keep the audio stream running, even if you exit the app.

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Meta launches ‘Share to Reels’ option for third-party developers

Meta’s introduced ‘sharing to Reels’ as a new way for developers to make it easy for people to share videos directly to Facebook.

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If you work in social media, staying informed isn’t optional. It’s part of the job. Trends, platform changes, cultural moments, crises, memes, conversations, they all shape what we publish and how it’s received. Being aware of what’s happening in the world helps us create content that’s relevant, sensitive, and credible.