Snapchat’s seeking to broaden entry to its A.R. options as soon as once more, this time by way of a new extension for Skype that’ll allow you to use Snap Lenses inside Skype chats.

As per Snap:

“Beginning in the present day, we’re bringing the magic of Lenses to Skype, so the neighborhood of greater than 80 million month-to-month lively Skype customers can now add Lenses to their conversations with family and friends. With dozens of Lenses to select from, chats are much more customized and enjoyable – get some giggles from donning a glitter beard, go retro with disco glasses, or just present your love with raining hearts.”

Although technically you might already do that, form of, by way of Snap’s not too long ago launched Chrome extension, which allows you to apply Snap Lenses by way of your webcam.

Not each Skype consumer can be utilizing Chrome after all, however the performance was re-added final month, as Snap appears to be like to increase its Lenses to extra surfaces as soon as once more.

It’s a brand new push from Snap, which shut down its separate Snap Digicam app in January final 12 months, eradicating the choice to seem in your Zoom calls as a potato, a unicorn, and so forth.

However now, Snap’s seeking to department out to 3rd celebration instruments as soon as once more, which might present further enjoyable and engagement in your video chats.

Why is Snap seeking to lengthen Lenses once more?

Properly, it provides Snap further publicity, which can doubtless carry extra folks again to the app. Snap solely shut down its unique Snap Digicam extension resulting from cost-cutting, however seemingly, somebody at Snap has determined that this was not the proper solution to go, and because it re-focuses on its main markets, in a bid to maximise its income alternatives, that publicity worth is clearly extra vital.

So, extra Snap Lenses, in additional locations.

Snapchat says that it’ll add extra Lenses to its Skype library over the approaching months, with a view to aligning with the most recent A.R. developments.