"Even though the Santa Monica, California-based social media company promised that "nothing will change" for the vast majority of Snapchatters who have less than 5 gigabytes (GB) of Memories, it has yet to disclose when it will begin rolling out the paid storage plans. The company told TechCrunch that plans will range from $1.99 per month to $15.99 per month for storage plans, depending on the amount of data of Memories."
"That's why you may want to be proactive if you really want to hang onto some Memories and download them to your device now. Luckily, that's really easily accomplished. After opening the Snapchat app, navigate to the Memories section, then choose "select" at the top of the page and select up to 100 Memories at a time that you want to export, then select a destination and tap "download.""
"The popularity of the Memories feature, which was introduced by Snapchat in 2016, will now come at a cost. The company said that users have saved more than 1 trillion Memories in that time, which is why it's rolling out the storage plans. "It's never easy to transition from receiving a service for free to paying for it, but we hope the value we provide with Memories is worth the cost," the company said in a blog post last week."
Snapchat will begin charging for Memories storage for users whose saved content exceeds 5GB, offering plans from $1.99 to $15.99 per month. Most users with less than 5GB will not be affected. Snapchat introduced Memories in 2016 and users have saved more than one trillion Memories. Users who exceed 5GB will receive 12 months of temporary storage for excess Memories, though the start date for that period has not been specified. Users can proactively download their Memories for free to retain content without paying. Exporting allows up to 100 Memories at a time to be selected and downloaded to a chosen destination.
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