Today, we’re excited to announce a new deal with Universal Music Group to include their artists’ music into Snap’s library and be featured in Sounds, Lenses and more to make sharing a moment even more fun.  

Snap is celebrating Pride with a suite of creative tools, including augmented reality Lenses, stickers, and a new way for Snapchatters to design their own Pride flag, which launches today.

Today we’re introducing the next generation of Spectacles, our first pair of glasses that bring augmented reality to life. They’re lightweight display glasses, made for creators to overlay their Lenses directly onto the world, exploring new ways to fuse fun and utility through immersive AR.

With our partners and the Lens Creator community, we’re working to build a smarter and more powerful Snapchat Camera--transforming how we interact with the world through immersive AR experiences. Today we’re introducing new AR tools and camera experiences across the Snap AR ecosystem.

Our partnerships with developers bring amazing content, creative tools, AR, games, and so much more to our community and yours, all around the world. Through Snap Kit, developers are using our technology to enhance their apps with Login, Bitmoji, and the Snapchat Camera. And, with Games, Minis and the Map we’re offering new ways for developers to grow their businesses on Snapchat. It’s our way to bring the world into Snapchat and Snapchat into the world. Today, we’re introducing new products and partnerships powered by some of the best parts of Snapchat.

On Snapchat, everyone is a Creator. Since launching Spotlight late last year, we have been thrilled to see the creativity of our community shared with an audience of millions . Spotlight is rolling out globally, and already reaches more than 125 million monthly active users. We continue to offer millions per month to reward Snapchatters for their creativity. To date, over 5,400 Creators have earned more than $130 million dollars! Today, we’re announcing new tools and monetization opportunities to bring your creative ideas to life.

At Snap we’re always thinking about new ways that we can use our platform to make a positive impact in the world, and we’re determined to operate our business within Earth’s planetary boundaries. Today we’re announcing a new partnership with Re:wild to support restoration efforts in areas that have been devastated by California’s wildfires and help revitalize the region’s biodiversity.

As Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month is underway, we’re releasing a number of new creative tools and content to celebrate the vibrant culture and heritage of the APIDA community as well as the diversity of our Snapchatters. 

Today we’re releasing our second annual CitizenSnap Report. The report outlines our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts, which focus on running our business in a responsible way for our team, our Snapchat community, our partners and the broader world we are part of.

More Snap Originals are heading your way! Today, we’re excited to announce a new slate of Shows debuting this year. We’re also announcing our Creator Marketplace, which will enable businesses to partner with our Creator community in a scaled and seamless way.