Facebook’s Instagram has souped up its camera with quirky face-tracking filters, adding another feature similar to that offered by social media rival Snapchat. Photo: AFPBengaluru: Facebook Inc’s Instagram has souped up its camera with quirky face-tracking filters, adding another feature similar to that offered by social media rival Snap Inc’s Snapchat. Instagram users will now be able to choose from a range of filters including koala ears that move and twitch as well as math equations that spin to create humorous effects. Facebook has been amping up its camera tool to take on Snapchat’s features such as disappearing messages and face-tracking filters, which are hugely popular among its teenage and millennial users. The world’s largest social media network has already added several Snapchat-like features such as Stories, which allows users to upload pictures and video slideshows that disappear after 24 hours.

Source: Mint May 16, 2017 14:15 UTC