How To Upload To Snapchat Story From Camera Roll

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Way dorsum in June of 2016, the Snapchat app got a major update, calculation the Memories characteristic to the social networking service. Before the update, yous were able to upload photos to Snapchat, along with videos. Those images and clips then disappeared fairly speedily, with no way to check them out after they left, unlike other services similar Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

The Memories feature allowed users to salvage any of their smartphone videos or pictures to a special section of the Snapchat app, forth with any of their previous Snaps made with the app. They tin use that content to help create new Snapchat Stories. Users could also send anything saved in Memories to their friends, or they tin can reserve anything they don't desire to be seen by anyone else to a My Eyes Only section.

You may be wondering just how you lot tin can upload photos to Snapchat Memories, along with videos. In this article, we will tell you exactly how to do just that.

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How to open Memories

If y'all are unfamiliar with the Snapchat app, hither'southward how to become started saving those photos or videos past opening upwards the Memories feature:

Launch the Snapchat app. You should see the camera page at launch. Navigate to it if you don't.
Tap on the small icon that'south located to the left of the camera push button.
Yous should run into a new tab called Memories appear. If y'all are new to Memories, this tab should be completely bare, every bit shown in the screenshot below. If you have already saved any of your Snaps from the app, it should show you lot a grid showing off that content.

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How to upload photos to Snapchat Memories, and videos as well

Huawei Mate 40 Pro held in the hand on the snapchat app gallery page

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Information technology's pretty darn piece of cake to salve any photos or videos stored on your smartphone to Memories:

In the Memories section, tap on the Photographic camera Roll tab. The app might ask for your permission to access your phone's Camera Roll, and of class, you should agree to this if yous want to save your content.
Pick i of your photos or videos that tin can exist saved to Snapchat Stories or sent to a friend.
You can edit your Snap past clicking on the pencil icon.
Tap the Ship button. You tin can besides export it.

The other pick is to create a new Snapchat Story with your saved image or video. To do that, tap on the Send to button at the lesser right while notwithstanding in editing manner. You lot should run into a list of options, including My Story. Tap on that, select any more than photos or videos yous want to use in the Story (if any), and they will be saved and added to your Story.

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