Snapchat is secretly releasing a developer platform (and people are excited)

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A recent leak says that Snapchat will launch a brand new developer platform called Snapkit…

This is a big deal. Snapchat is finally launching a developer platform https://t.co/P2A1VCD9QJ
— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) May 29, 2018

Since Snapchat's launch, its developer has released everything from face filters to the ability to create your own geofilters and everything in between, but one thing people have been asking for for a while now? A developer platform.

This week it was announced (or leaked, rather) that Snapchat will be launching its first complete developer platform, and it's called Snapkit.

The platform's prototypes indicate it will let other apps offer a "login with Snapchat" options, use the Bitmoji avatars it acquired and host a version of Snap's full-featured camera software that can share back to Snapchat. Multiple sources confirm Snap Inc. is currently in talks with several app developers to integrate Snapkit. (Josh Constine, TechCrunch)

Along with the new developer platform, people will be able to "login with Snapchat":

Snapkit will allow users to sign up for new apps with their Snapchat developer credentials instead of creating brand new ones. As pointed out by TechCrunch's Josh Constine, one benefit to this is the ability to bring your Bitmoji avatar with you.

While Bitmoji has offered a keyboard full of your avatar in different scenes, Snapkit could make it easy to add yours as stickers on photos or in other ways in third-party apps. Seeing them across the mobile universe could inspire more users to create their own Bitmoji lookalike. (Josh Constine, TechCrunch)

It's worth noting that Snap Inc. has declined to comment on this new information, although multiple sources have confirmed that the company is in talks to integrate Snapkit with several different apps (though there's no word yet on which apps might be involved).

What do you think?

Are you excited for Snapkit? What are you potentially most excited about?

Let us know what you think in the comments down below!

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