After denying Windows phones, Snapchat finally arrives on the Microsoft Store

(Image credit: Windows Central) What you need to knowSnapchat has historically avoided the Windows platform like the plague, with no official apps or support.Years after the demise of Windows phones, Snapchat is finally making an appearance in the Microsoft Store.This is a Progressive Web App (PWA) that runs through Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and 11 PCs.The app has a tiny 1.4MB install size, and should always be up to date thanks to its web-based nature.Social media platform Snapchat’s history with Microsoft’s Windows-based ecosystem has been complicated, to say the least. In the past, Snapchat has seemingly done everything except support Windows or Windows phones, even building AR glasses, but that all changes today. Snapchat is in the Microsoft Store, as of this month.For years, the lack of Snapchat on Microsoft’s now-dormant Windows phones was a constant hot topic of discussion in the community (this Windows Central article from 2015 gives you a quick overview from the period, with 400 reader comments to boot). Long after the entire mobile Windows platform was shuttered by Microsoft, Snapchat is finally making its appearance in the Microsoft Store as a Progressive Web App, or a PWA.What does this mean? The app is built
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