In addition, Snapchat launched original
shows that can only be watched on its service,
including “Can’t Talk Now,” which follows a group
of high school kids with the story told through
their phones.
Snap joins Google and Apple in launching a
gaming platform in the hopes of attracting
new users — or at least keeping existing ones
coming back instead of leaving for the wildly
popular Fortnite game.
Snap has been struggling with declining user
numbers and stiff competition from Facebook’s
Instagram. It had 186 million daily active users
in the last quarter of 2018, compared with 187
million in the third quarter.