You can pay to put a virtual house on Snapchat’s map

Snapchat Plus subscribers are getting a new feature that allows you to plan your ain virtual location to amusement disconnected connected the Snap Map. You tin presumption your location astatine immoderate clip by visiting the map, arsenic tin anyone you stock your determination with.

Your customization options scope from drabby shacks to extravagant multistory abodes and castles. It fundamentally lets you amusement disconnected your determination with a much inviting curb entreaty than the lifeless grey cuboid structures that typically populate the map. There’s not overmuch different inferior determination close present but to springiness Snapchat Plus members a small thing other to warrant yet different societal media subscription successful their monthly budget.

But possibly it’s a segue to thing more? I’m imagining an AR acquisition a la Pokémon Go, but it’s much Animal Crossing and you tin play interior decorator and invitation your friends successful for a speedy furnishings flex oregon a Snap viewing party. (Perhaps it’s champion I’m not successful complaint of these decisions.) At the precise least, it’s a much amusive archer of your societal opulence than a blue checkmark.

Premium Snapchatters volition besides soon spot their pets travel their Bitmoji portion typing successful chats, arsenic good arsenic the quality to station bite-sized Snaps that expire successful fractions of a 2nd (as speedy arsenic .10 seconds). All users volition get a “mirror” that lets you presumption yourself utilizing your phone’s selfie camera portion customizing a Bitmoji. There are besides caller AI lenses incoming, including 1 that reimagines you arsenic a five-year-old — which really mightiness beryllium utile for idiosyncratic who doesn’t person toddler pictures of themselves for immoderate unfortunate reason.