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title: "TechCrunch: Facebook Rolling Out A Snapchat Clone In Its Main App"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/866c9a3d-37b4-48ea-b5a6-e034b7ba8833
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-facebook-rolling-out-a-snapchat-clone-in-its-main-app-11126
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2017-03-16T16:11:42.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:10:37.242Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/544432d01f260294c88e069330ce034e2426.jpg
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# TechCrunch: Facebook Rolling Out A Snapchat Clone In Its Main App

**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.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-03-16. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-facebook-rolling-out-a-snapchat-clone-in-its-main-app-11126).*

## Story

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.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Facebook (company)
- Instagram (company)
- social media (topic)
- Snapchat (company)
- competition (topic)
- Facebook acquisition of Instagram (deal)
- app feature (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-facebook-rolling-out-a-snapchat-clone-in-its-main-app-11126). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/866c9a3d-37b4-48ea-b5a6-e034b7ba8833).