Snapchat mobile app version too old

Mobile app Snapchat is now available via the web

Update Sept 16: If you log into Snapchat on your mobile device first, then accept the “is it you” message about your desktop access, the web version of Snapchat does permit entry on Chrome.

Social communication, creation, and entertainment app Snapchat is now available on the web. It’s a significant and fascinating mobile-to-web reverse migration that could help the company kickstart growth and broaden impact.

At least, theoretically.

While snapchat.com is up and running, theoretically enabling chatting, snapping, and video calling based on the Snapchat platform, it’s not working for all. Including me.

First of all, Safari is not supported. That’s not a huge shock; though I use Safari quite frequently, along with Chrome and (occasionally) Firefox, there is the odd website that is built just for Chrome.

But neither, apparently, is Chrome. When I tried to log into my Snapchat account via Chrome, the website seemingly got confused, telling me that the “mobile app version” I was using was too old, and that “the version of Snapchat on your personal device is not supported.”

The solution: update the app — in other words Chrome on my desktop — to the latest version from the App Store. That seems impossible.

Apparently I’m not alone. “Darth Turner,” a product user experience designer, had a similar experience and suggested “we’re seriously in Internet Explorer territory now.” In the early days of the internet, old-school surfers like me will remember, almost all websites were built for Microsoft’s near-ubiquitous Internet Explorer browser, meaning that many things broke if you used Netscape or another web browser.

Another Twitter user, Jeshan, tweeted Snapchat support saying “Snapchat web won’t load my chats. It shows camera with my face but there is a loading symbol where the chats should be. Please make a fix.”

We can probably give the Snap team building Snapchat for the web a break.

The product is available, but not officially announced as such yet — there’s no press release on the companies’ site — so perhaps there’s work to be done still. Also, Snap is doing something significantly interesting here: taking a well-known and popular app and making its functionality available on a website. It’s a bit of a reversal of what we’ve come to expect over the past decade, with so much innovation moving from web to mobile, but it’s a welcome one.

Typing, for instance, is just easier and faster on a computer.

And if you’re working on a laptop and need to send a message, tabbing over to snapchat.com is easier than finding your phone, picking it up, unlocking it, opening the Snap app, and then sending the message.

So I’m hopeful that Snap will work out all these bugs.

But it’s a bit of an inauspicious start.

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Last Updated: 21st July, 2020 16:28 IST

Are you wondering, “How to undo Snapchat update”? Here is a list of steps to get rid of Snapchat update and install the old version of Snapchat.

Several Snapchat updates have been criticized by users in the recent past. Further, the 2018 update was reportedly one of the most disliked Snapchat updates by users. Are you wondering, “How to undo Snapchat update”? While several users turn off auto-update, there are several who don’t. So don’t worry if you have not turned off your auto-update and are unhappy with any new Snapchat updates. Here is a way to get rid of Snapchat update.

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How to undo Snapchat update?

Before uninstalling the Snapchat update make sure that the Google Play Store does not perform automatic app updates. Perform the following steps:

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1. Go to the Settings tab.
2. Go to Apps or Applications.
3. Search for the Snapchat application in the list and select the application.
4. Click on the button that reads Updates Uninstall.
5. Your smartphone will now reboot itself.
6. After restarting your phone open the Snapchat app. The reinstalled version should most likely be the one that you had been using earlier.

Are you wondering “How to install the old Snapchat”?

You can install the old Snapchat by using APK Mirror i.e. Android Package. Android Package is a package file format that is used by Android and other Android-based operating systems.  This file format is used for the distribution and installation of mobile apps, mobile games and middleware. Here are some steps to install the old Snapchat version by using APK Mirror/ Android Package:

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• Go to the APK Mirror website- www.apkmirror.com.
• Download the old Snapchat version from the APK Mirror website.
• Allow installation from unknown sources.
• Install Snapchat on your device.
• Login to Snapchat by entering your credentials.

How to undo Snapchat update for iOS users?

Unfortunately, iOS users can't get rid of Snapchat update. However, in case you really want to get rid of the Snapchat update, you need to jailbreak your phone. However, jailbreaking iOS devices lead to the loss of warranty.

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