Just like it did withFilters , Snaps , and Stories , Facebook is duplicating another feature that previously live on its competitor Snapchat .
‘ Facebook Avatars ’ is its new dead ringer of Snapchat ’s Bitmojihttps://t.co/FyaAF2PC7sby@joshconstinepic.twitter.com/ThqLOOBcTo
— TechCrunch ( @TechCrunch)May 8 , 2018
TechCrunch write that the feature in question was chance on by a third - political party developer and is still being test before release :
The screenhots come courtesy of eagle - eyed developerJane Manchun Wong , who found the Avatars in the Facebook for Android program program package — a set of file that often contain feature of speech that are unreleased or in testing . Her excavation also kick in to TechCrunch ’s report aboutInstagram ’s music stickersandTwitter ’s unlaunched encrypted DMs .
Facebook substantiate it ’s building Avatars , state me , “ We ’re reckon into more ways to help people verbalise themselves on Facebook . ” However , the feature is still betimes in exploitation and Facebook is n’t certain when it will start publicly try .
It ’s not clear whether the feature will like Bitmoji ask substance abuser toassemble their own on-line avataror whether Facebook plans on integrating its newfacial realisation technology — though the latter path would be a ready to hand way of life for the site to entice exploiter into using a feature of speech that’sdrawn criticismfrom privacy advocates .
In any case , Snap is still struggling , in large part due to things like its inability toeffectively monetizeits userbase ormisguided effortsto pushmoney - lose hardware . But the company’sfinancial woesalso have to do with Facebook and its own subsidiary Instagram systematically just developing their own versions of Snapchat’smost popular features .
One does n’t of necessity have to take sides on the companies themselves to inquire whether this is effectively just Facebook being able-bodied to practice its titanicmarket shareto bludgeon rival out of the marketplace . But do consider that it was just about two long time ago Snap purchased Bitmojifor over $ 100 million , which was potentially a risky bet at the time . It might be considerably less money and effort ( and betotally legal ) to just wait and see whether Snap ’s features take off before pay an inner development team to clone them wholesale .
[ TechCrunch ]
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