Final week, Snap’s Bitmoji group introduced an replace to the way in which that individuals’s Bitmoji avatars could be introduced within the app, together with extra superior hair textures, face shading, and physique proportions for his or her characters.

As per Bitmoji:

“Your Bitmoji can now have a bolder smile, a extra astonished face after they’re shocked, and may specific even probably the most refined and nuanced feelings. Plus, we’re enhancing the way you interact together with your Bitmoji on Snapchat, like enhanced modifying that permits you to modify your avatar in 3D, utilizing zoom and rotating options to get a better look.”

So, cool, proper? Higher trying, extra technologically-evolved Bitmoji, aligned with the subsequent era of 3D interplay, in AR, the metaverse, and so on.

Besides, Snap customers aren’t completely pleased with the replace.

The brand new Bitmoji depictions look quite a bit totally different to the outdated variations in lots of instances, and Snap customers usually are not pleased with the way in which that their digital doppelgangers now look.

Which isn’t any shock. Snap customers had been additionally livid with the revamped app structure that the corporate launched again in 2018, a lot in order that Snap rolled it again, so as to re-think sure components. Snap customers had been additionally none-too-pleased that its new My AI chatbot, which Snapchat made freely accessible to all customers again in April, took up the highest slot of their inbox, shifting down all of their different chats.  

Given the important thing position that Snap performs within the interactive course of for a lot of customers, facilitating extra intimate chats with smaller teams of associates, it is smart that there’s additionally a robust sense of possession there, which prompts a degree of protectionism over the app that they know and love.

But it surely most likely makes issues a little bit harder for the Snap dev group, who have to tread very fastidiously when rolling out new modifications.

In any occasion, the Snapchat crew tends to settle in after a short time, so it’s unlikely to spark ongoing backlash and unrest. However so you recognize, your Snap avatar might look a little bit totally different subsequent time you log in, and also you won’t prefer it.