If you use Snapchat a lot, you may have found yourself in a situation where you want to share a tweet to the ephemeral messaging app, but realize that there is no easy way to do it. It looks like Twitter and Snapchat know about you and your sharing issues. The two social media platforms have collaborated to bring built-in tweet sharing to Snapchat with all the features of Snapchat’s photo editing suite. Here’s how to share tweets with Snapchat on iPhone.
Share Tweets on Snapchat on iPhone and Android
As of this writing, the feature is only live on iOS. However, Android support is coming soon. By the way, if you’re an Android user and want to have a similar experience on your smartphone, we have some kind of workaround you can try. You can go to the iPhone or Android specific section on how to do this from the table below.
How to Share Tweets on Snapchat on iOS
Note: This feature only supports sharing of public tweets. Protected tweets cannot be shared on Snapchat.
- Find the tweet you want to share on Snapchat in the Twitter app for iOS. In this case, I am using one of the tweets from the Beebom Twitter account. Tap the share icon at the bottom right of the tweet.
- Here you will see a new ‘Snap Camera’ option, just tap on it.
- We are now in the Snapchat app. You can’t move the tweet around or do much with it right now. But be patient. Click the picture of anything you want to use instantly.
- You can now move, resize and rotate the tweet. You also get access to all the usual editing tools Snapchat offers, so you can edit your snapshot the way you want.
- When done, tap the send arrow. Choose the friends you want to share your snap with or add them to your story and that’s it!
Note: If you don’t see the ‘Take Camera’ option on Twitter, make sure both Twitter and Snapchat are updated to the latest version on your iPhone. Also, in my case, I had to remove Twitter from the Recent Apps screen on my iPhone before the option showed up so you can try that too.
How to Share Tweets on Snapchat on Android
While this integration between Snapchat and Twitter will soon come to Android as well, until then you can use the following workaround to share tweets in your snaps.
- Take a screenshot of the tweet you want to share and open it in Snapchat. Tap on the three-dot menu at the top and select ‘Edit Output’.
- Now tap the scissors icon in the toolbar and draw a frame around the body of the tweet. This will turn the tweet into a sticker.
- Drop the current snap and click a picture of what you want to share the tweet with. Tap the sticker icon in the toolbar.
- Navigate to the stickers you made by tapping the scissors icon as shown below. Select the tag of the tweet. Resize and rotate as you like and place wherever you want on your snap.
This much. Yes, it’s not as clean as the integration itself, but until then, this is a pretty good way to add tweets to your snaps. What’s more, you can even add the link of the tweet to your snap with the URL tool, so people can see the tweet on Twitter if they want to.
Easily Share Tweets on Snapchat
Personally, I use Snapchat because I have a few really long series with my friends and family and I don’t want these series to end. However, if you are a heavy Snapchat user and love to share funny or interesting tweets on Snapchat, then this integration will definitely come in handy for you. At least for those of you who use iPhones. For the rest you can use our workaround above and yes, the integration will be ported to Android soon so stay tuned.
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