Snapchat is one of the upcoming social media platforms in the world. It’s growing fast than imagined, this app allows people from all over the world to interact and also share stories with your close friends. The photograph and messages feature has made this app popular.
Are you still wondering how you will record on Snapchat without holding the button? If you are stuck, this article will help you know how you can do that comfortably.
Feel glad because earlier on, Snapchat users were not in position to record their videos without pressing the record button. Recently, the app was able to launch a feature that a user could record their videos without holding the record button. This feature is called, “Hand-free recording”. Before this feature came into action, people used to keep pressing and holding the record button until they finished recording the video.
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Why should you use Snapchat hands-free feature?
Other than messaging, Snapchat is a video recording app too. In the year 2011, Snapchat was launched despite missing some features out. After sometime, the app introduced a variety of filters which were later implemented Instagram then Facebook.
If anyone wanted to do a video or perform a dance or any other activity that will require him/her to move away from the phone, Snapchat was not capable of that, not unless you tell a friend to do the recording for you.
For one to be able to use this new feature brought up by Snapchat, you must update your Snapchat to the latest version. To do so, open your Google Playstore app and tap on the apps to see whether your Snapchat app needs an update or not?
How to record using hands-free feature.
Once you have updated the app, you can proceed and follow the steps below:
- Step 1: Open your Snapchat app
- Step 2: Hold down the record button of the screen and start recording the video.
- Step 3: As soon as you start recording your video, look for a small symbol like a lock appearing next to the record button. For android users, their button is on the left hand side of the recording button.
- Step 4: Slide your finger towards the lock button and release your finger.
- Step 5: To stop recording the video at any given point, click on the red button with a stop symbol within it.
Conclusion
Having known how to record Snapchat videos without using the record button, its time you know how you will do to zoom in while recording. The app has the famous zooming effect to make the videos fascinating. To zoom in while using locks recording function you have to swipe your finger up the screen. To zoom out you just slide the finger down the screen.
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