Snapchat will soon let you shop for products on Amazon with its camera

Instead of using your smartphone camera to take puppy-faced selfies on Snapchat, you'll soon be able to use it to shop online. Or do both.

Snapchat announced this week it's partnering with Amazon to offer users a new image-based shopping feature. The company says it plans to start testing the feature today, and will be rolling it out slowly to all users.

For those with the new product search feature, just snap a photo of something you want to buy — like a bottle of makeup or running shoes — and on the Snapchat home screen, different options to buy the product or something similar will appear in a pop-up menu from Amazon's online store. Read more...