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Snapchat may do away with touch-to-view, working on 'unique experience' for Apple Watch

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Snapchat's requirement to hold your finger down to view snaps may eventually go away, but an Apple Watch app may still be a ways out.</p> <p>Speaking to Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at Code Conference this evening, Snapchat (http://www.imore.com/tag/snapchat) CEO Evan Spiegel said that the company may eventually do away with the requirement to hold a finger down on the display to view snaps. Additionally, when pressed about an Apple Watch app, Spiegel says that the company has waited to approach the platform with a unique experience.</p> <!--break--> <p>As reported by Re/Code (http://recode.net/2015/05/26/thumbs-up-thumbs-off-snapchat-is-going-to-make-it-easier-to-watch-videos/), Spiegel says that the need to hold a finger to the display to view snaps was initially to prevent people from taking screenshots. However, that may change in the future:</p>

<p>"I think, for us, it's holding us back from longer videos being watched on our service," Spiegel said onstage. So will that change? Yes, Spiegel said — more or less. "We try not to ruin surprises, but that may be in the cards."</p>

<p>When pressed about a possible Snapchat experience on the Apple Watch, Spiegel says that the company has approached the possibility with caution in order to come up with a unique experience. It's unclear if the company has something in the works at this very moment, but it seems that you may be waiting a while for the Snapchat experience to make its way to your Apple Watch.</p> <p>Source: Re/Code (1 (http://recode.net/2015/05/26/thumbs-up-thumbs-off-snapchat-is-going-to-make-it-easier-to-watch-videos/) 2 (http://recode.net/2015/05/26/snapchats-evan-spiegel-takes-the-stage-at-code-conference-liveblog/))</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/46ab5611/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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