Quite a few of us haven’t used Snapchat since we were teenagers. However, it is a good way to keep track of what old-school friends have been up to since everyone went to university. Not only is there now a premium version of the app, Snapchat+ but now there’s a new planet system ranking your friends. If you’re confused, you’re not alone. Here’s what the Snapchat solar system order means.
Not only have Snapchat introduced a membership, but those who subscribe to Snapchat+ now have a feature which ranks their friends using planets from the solar system. It’s a little odd, particularly if you’ve stepped away from Snapchat for a little while and all this is news to you. Unfortunately, quite a lot of the unique features of the once highly popular app are now found in other forms of social media. However, this new feature definitely and old and new users talking.
Snapchat Plus Subscribers Get A New Feature
Yes, there is now a premium version of Snapchat. That’s probably not news to anyone, but for those who were once addicted to it and have drifted over time, it’s a little revolutionary.
Last, summer Snapchat+ was introduced so users could have access to more features for a price. The company said that those subscribed could access ” a collection of exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features.” Intended for the “most passionate members of our community”, the subscription cost $3.99 a month.
If you’re interested in joining, then you just have to click the Snapchat+ banner on your profile. You’ll get to trial it for free for 7 days before you start the monthly subscription.
One of the new features available to those subscribed in the Snapchat+ planets.
What Does The Snapchat Solar System Order Mean?
The Snapchat solar system order relates to how close of a friend you are. Bear in mind, both you and your best friends need to have Bitmoji linked for it to work.
If you are unfamiliar with how the friend system works on Snapchat, then here is a quick summary. To be best friends with someone you both need to be in each others’ eight closest friends. If one of you isn’t, then you’ll just appear as friends.
The Snapchat+ planets then uses the solar system to order your eight best friends from closest to least close. To find out where you rank, click on the ‘Best Friend’ and they’ll appear as the sun and you will be a planet. If you are Mercury, then you are that person’s closest best friend.
Each planet has a different Bitmoji to represent each planet.
- Mercury: Pink planet with red hearts. (Closest best friend).
- Venus: Beige planet with yellow, blue and pink hearts.
- Earth: Green and blue planet with red hearts and the moon.
- Mars: Red planet with purple and blue hearts. (Fourth closest best friend).
- Jupiter: Orange planet with no hearts.
- Saturn: Yellow planet with a ring.
- Uranus: Green planet with no hearts.
- Neptune: Blue planet with no hearts. (Least close best friend).
You can see the Bitmojis here.
Whether the new feature gets you back into Snapchat, or you just like to keep up to date with what’s happening, we’re not sure it’s worth $3.99 a month. Eitherway, now your curiosities have been satiated you know what the Snapchat+ planets mean!