New Snapchat update emoji - Business Insider

Apr. 6, 2015, 1:46 PM

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Snapchat just stealthily launched a "HUGE" update that the company says will "change your life."

Instead of seeing your "best friends" ranked as they used to be, you will now get to follow an emojicoda to see who your most snapped buddies really are.

"Starting today, a bunch of emojis will be popping up in your Snapchat friends list," the companywrites (check out the post inside its Snap Discover channel).

"No, they weren't just our favorite ones (shout out to the poop emoji), they actually mean somethingsuper-important -- they break down your whole squad."

Users will begin to see emojis next to some of their Snapchat friends' names that indicate the statusof their photo-sharing friendship.

There are six levels of connection, ranging from best friends to "You're their BF ... but they're notyours," which is aptly represented by a smirking face.

Snapchat cheekily used a bunch of pictures of Beyoncé with members of her crew to mark what eachof the different levels means.

Here's the rundown so you can keep track:

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Snapchat also launched two other features -- one to lighten dark photos and one to nudge you tosnap old friends whom you haven't connected with in a while.

Next time you try to take a photo in a dark room, you'll notice a half-moon symbol. Press it, and thepicture will brighten:

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Snapchat will include a new list of people in a "Needs Love" section of your recent snaps, accordingto TechCrunch's Josh Constine (we haven't seen any people listed there yet).

Overall, reactions on Twitter seemed to be mixed. Some think Snapchat's new emoji-fication willcause fights (it probably will), while others like the new status symbols:

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