Heads up, Snapchatters. The self-destructing messaging app is taking its "My Story" feature to the next level.
Snapchat on Tuesday announced plans to debut a new feature called "Our Story" in conjunction with the Electric Daisy Carnival this weekend in Las Vegas. As its name suggests, Our Story lets you collaborate with other people on one central narrative.
"My Story has always represented a singular, personal experience," Snapchat wrote in a blog post. "We wanted to build something that offered a community perspective — lots of different points of view. After all, our friends often see the same things in totally different ways."
Our Story essentially lets people attending the same event contribute photos and/or videos to one big story. "If you can't make it to an event, watching Our Story makes you feel like you're right there! It's really easy to use," Snapchat promised.
Snapchat is providing free public Wi-Fi at EDC this weekend so users can play with the new feature.
"If you're at Electric Daisy Carnival, simply add a Snap to 'Our EDC Story' that appears in your 'Send to…' page," Snapchat said. You'll first need to turn on location services to let Snapchat know you're actually at the event. Snapchat said it will not store your location.
If you aren't at EDC you'll still be able to view the stream by adding EDCLive on Snapchat. "If Our Story gets too long or we see any Snaps that look illegal, we'll curate EDCLive to provide the best possible experience," Snapchat said.
The new feature comes after Snapchat last month settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled users about the disappearing nature of messages, the amount of personal data it collected, and the security measures taken to protect data.
Earlier today, meanwhile, Facebook unveiled a Snapchat competitor, dubbed Slingshot.
For more on the Our Story, check out the video below.