Yes. No joke.
“@raphaeu: There are plans to make it available in the future, we’ll give deets when that’s close. Hope this helps! :)”
Yesterday on the Snapchat Support Twitter account, the company announced that they have a Windows Phone app coming in the future. Due to the statement coming from a support account, we cannot take this as an official reveal, however over the coming months this is extremely likely. With Microsoft hoping to achieve 1 billion Windows 10 users by 2018, there is a large market of potential users. It is strange to see a developer change their mind this quickly, when they have ignored the Windows Phone community for so long. This is highly likely due to the android/iOS porting tools which are available for Windows 10.
For a few years now, Snapchat have denied support for a Windows Phone app. Last year, they took down all third party apps from the Windows Store and banned users who breached the terms and conditions by using these applications. ‘6snap’ was the most popular client and since, developer of the application, Rudy Huyn has released ‘6discover’ which allows users to access the ‘Discover’ feature of Snapchat, without using an account. Since then, this has also been removed by Snapchat’s lawyers. For a list of all events which have occurred, check a reddit post I made a few months ago here.
This is a big gain for the Windows Phone marketplace and if this releases may bring a large younger audience to Windows. Snapchat is currently the 6th most popular Social Networking app on the Apple App Store, and 3rd on Android. The popularity of this app is undeniable, and will be welcome with the Windows 10 experience.
Even though we shouldn’t believe this completely, we have never been closer until this day.
Matt was a regular ICXM contributor in 2015, publishing 110 articles across game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news. Their work focused on hands-on reviews, platform commentary, and breaking-news reporting during the Xbox One’s first full year of post-launch coverage, including the early days of Backwards Compatibility and Windows 10 gaming. They post on X as @RTEnvi.