Birthdays are becoming a bigger deal on Snapchat.
The self-destructing messaging app on Tuesday rolled out a "birthday party" update for iOS and Android offering "some fun surprises, like an exclusive lens on your birthday, a cake emoji next to your name, and more." Once you download the update, just head to Settings > Birthday to enable the new feature.
According to Engadget, the update offers two new birthday-themed lenses — one that lets you jazz up your snaps with confetti and a colorful "Happy Birthday" doodle on your big day, and another that works on a friend's birthday, letting you add a cake emoji to your greeting.
The update comes after Facebook on Monday announced it is launching a new feature within its iOS app dubbed birthday video cam, which lets you record and share a quick, 15-second video on a friend's wall for their special day. Now, when you visit a friend's Facebook profile on their birthday, you'll see a banner near the top giving you the option to create a video for them. Once you record a funny or heartfelt message, you can customize the video with different birthday-themed frames before posting it to your friend's timeline.
Meanwhile, Snapchat also this week introduced a new feature that lets you "create and publish a geofilter for your party, wedding, business, or any other place or event." Snapchat's new on-demand geofilters start at $5, and pricing "depends on a few factors including, among others, the size of your geofence and the time period you've chosen," the company said. You can buy them for an hour up to 30 days, and even add your brand logos and trademarks.
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This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.