How to Add Music to Snapchat Stories and Messages

With Snapchat’s Sounds feature, you can choose popular music or even make your own sounds to insert into snaps. This guide will get you started on adding and giving your stories and messages a musical flair. Start by launching Snapchat on your iPhone or Android smartphone. Then, take a photo or video by tapping or holding the circular shutter icon on the bottom of the main screen. From here, tap the music note button on the right side of your screen. A menu with a few columns will populate. The first “Featured” list contains a curated selection of popular songs to choose from. The second “Mood” column contains a similar selection, chosen to reflect various dispositions. We’ll cover the third column in a moment. Tap the play buttons to preview a sound, then tap a song to add it to your snap. At the bottom of the screen, select the part of the song you’d like to feature, dragging the sound wave left or right to grab your desired snippet. For photos, the length is a maximum of 10 seconds, depending on how long you set your snap to last. As for videos, the length is equal to the video’s duration.…
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