World enews: Snapchat says the Pixel 6 is ‘the fastest phone to make a Snap’

At today’s Pixel event, Google dove into the details about the Pixel 6 series devices and outlined a brand new feature that will make sending Snaps even faster. The new feature, called Quick Tap to Snap, adds a camera-only version of Snapchat directly to the lock screen of the Pixel.

To access it, all you have to do is tap the back of your phone twice, and the Snapchat camera will open. From there, you can snap a picture all without unlocking your device — you’ll only have to authenticate your identity when you go to send the Snap.

In addition to Quick Tap to Snap, Google is also working on exclusive augmented reality Lenses, as well as incorporating live translation into Snapchat. This means that users will be able to have their conversations translated in real-time while using the app.

Google’s partnership with Snapchat doesn’t come as much of a surprise, considering that Google actually attempted to buy Snapchat in the past. Now that Snapchat is sort of built into the Pixel, Google might see that as a small victory.