We’ll show you how to use the new Snapchat World Lens to enhance your selfies with more than just a filter for your face. Now you can overlay a Snapchat filter on the world around you, not just your face.
The new Snapchat update adds support for World Lenses, which is the new name for these special effects. This comes more than a year after Snapchat added Snapchat Lenses that go on your face to animate a Selfie.
Even if you don’t want to use Snapchat to send the photo, you can use it to take and then save a Snapchat World Lens photo that you share on Facebook or Instagram.
You need an iPhone or Android phone with the latest official Snapchat update installed to use Snapchat World Lenses. You don’t need to pay extra for any of these new Snapchat world filters.
How to use Snapchat World Lenses
This is how to use Snapchat World Lenses on iPhone or Android. You must install the November 8 or 9 update on your phone to access this.
The video above shows how to use the new Snapchat World lenses. You can use them for a photo or a video. Some include different effects depending on the camera you use, while others look the same in front or back modes.
Open Snapchat and then tap in the middle of the screen. You don’t need to touch a face or an object, just the screen.
Tap to open the world of Snapchat lenses.
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This will open up a small selection of Lenses at the bottom. If you are using the rear camera, it will put Snapchat’s world lenses in the front. If you’re using the front camera, they’ll be at the bottom of the list.
Some include a special effect for the world and for your face. They are identified by a line in the center of the Snapchat world lens.
Choose the Snapchat world lens and then interact with it.
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Tap the Snapchat world lens you want to use and follow the onscreen instructions to tap or look around. When you want to record, press and hold the Lens button or tap to take a photo.
You can then choose to download the photo or share it to your story or a specific person.
Next, you will see the Snapchat World lenses that are available at the beginning. There are only seven of them, but we expect this to grow over time.
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