TL;DR
Facebook is rolling out a Snapchat-like feature, Facebook Stories, to its main app. The feature allows users to share photos and videos that vanish after 24 hours.
The social network is rolling out Facebook Stories in its main app to many users worldwide. The Stories function in the main app allows users to stitch photos and videos together to share and they vanish after 24 hours. The app is currently only available to users in Chile, Vietnam and Greece.
Facebook has already implemented Snapchat-like features on Instagram and its Messenger app. The move puts the Stories function in front of Facebook’s 1.7 billion mobile users.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on March 16, 2017. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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