Snapchat says that nearly 1.7 billion Bitmojis have been created globally, which is a significant increase from the 1 billion figure that it shared at last year’s Snap Partner Summit event.

The 3D avatars in profiles are meant to make Snapchat profiles more “expressive, fun and personal,” David Whyte, Snap’s 3D Bitmoji product designer, says.

At a time when social media companies continue to rip off each other’s features, Snapchat is introducing new ways for users to personalize their experience on its app in an effort to separate ...

Snapchat will soon get editable messages for plus subscribers first. Snap is also adding AI reminders, AI Bitmoji fashion, ’90s AI lens, maps reactions, and emoji reactions.