Though it might make many of us more prone to scrolling through TikToks while we’re supposed to be on the WFH grind, having your social apps available on both mobile and web can make it easier to keep up with notifications. We don’t deny some overlap with students becoming zoom users in the past years, but it seems more likely that Snapchat won’t be used for school or work on a large scale anytime soon.Are you prone to sneaking some social media scrolling into your WFH desktop screen time? White social media sites like Facebook have always been available on web browsers, apps like Instagram have been steadily making the voyage from your phone to your laptop screen. On the other hand, Snapchat is used for fun and by a different crowd. Some people think this Desktop Snapchat might even compete with Zoom, but both have different use cases, with Zoom being used for corporate and “work” calls. The rest of the world will eventually have access. Now, Snapchat says Chat Reactions and Chat Reply are supported, but lenses will “roll out soon.” As a first step, this desktop app is accessible to paid Snapchat+ users in a handful of countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Fortunately, Mac users can install Chrome for free, so it’s a mild inconvenience.

Interestingly, this Snapchat web app only runs on Chrome, but not Apple’s Safari.

Like any other social media app, being able to chat and video-call from a computer is extremely useful sometimes. Snapchat is now accessible from outside a smartphone, and it will bring a better and more productive experience for heavy users.