What is Snapchat without the ability to take and send photos to your friends? This new Apple Watch app lets you quickly view and reply to messages right from your wrist.
Joining the mobile and web versions of Snapchat, the Apple Watch app allows you to view incoming messages on your wrist (a feature that already existed if you chose to mirror notifications from your iPhone) and reply to them using the watch’s tiny keyboard, write letters with your finger, or dictate a reply that will be converted to text.
“The number of devices we use in our daily lives has grown,” the company says in a blog post on its website. “We’re already seeing our community using Snapchat on a variety of surfaces, including tablets and the web, in addition to mobile devices, and this validates our commitment to making Snapchat available on all the devices you use, including wearables.”
The app doesn’t provide the full functionality of Snapchat, but it’s still a welcome new feature at a time when many companies have withdrawn support for the Apple Watch. Instagram, Slack, Lyft, Uber, Amazon, Trello, and Evernote have all dropped their Apple Watch apps over the past few years.
