You can now unlock special Snapchat lenses on your birthday

Snapchat just got a little more like Facebook

The app rolled out a new "Birthday Party" feature on Tuesday, which allows you to unlock special Snapchat lenses on your birthday and on the birthdays of friends. You can enable the feature by entering your birthday in the app's main settings under the new birthday menu.

The update adds two birthday-specific lenses: one that you can only access on your birthday and one you can use to wish a happy birthday to your friends. On a friend's birthday, the birthday cake emoji will appear next to his or her username along with the text "double tap to birthday snap." Double tapping will open the camera, where you can activate a birthday lens (pictured below) to send Read more...