There is a range of songs from singers all over the world in the Snapchat in-built library that users can freely use. This gives users an opportunity to share their favorite songs or make their stories more interesting by matching the mood of the song to the picture/video. In this article, we will go in-depth about the ways one can add music to Snapchat.
How to Add Music to Snapchat?
There are several ways to add music to Snapchat. It certainly helps to make your pictures and videos more interesting and might leave people intrigued. Asking people what music they added to their snap could also be a great conversation starter. We have listed three ways you can add music to Snapchat. You can apply these methods through both Android and IOS devices.
Add Songs from Audio Library
Create Your Own Sound
Share Songs From Spotify
Though all the methods listed above share the same purpose, there might be differences in how they are used. We encourage readers to look through each method and go with the one that meets their requirements.
Add songs from the audio library
Snapchat has a massive in-built library for users to choose from. It consists of upbeat songs soft melodies, and any song that can match your mood. You can select from this list of songs to add music to Snapchat. Follow the steps below and be ready to share your mood through snap:
1. Log into your account.
2. Take a snap and click the music icon.
3. Select a song.
4. Slide to trim the song and click the yellow tick mark.
A small box with song and artist name will pop up in the snap. You can move the position of the box as you wish.
5. Click ‘Send‘ to share snap.
This way you can add music to Snapchat through the Snapchat Audio library.
Create Your Own Sound
As much as it is fun to use songs sung by other singers, it is interesting to see how people would react to your own voice. If you want to experiment with a different snap, you can also create your own sound through Snapchat. Make sure that you are not playing any original songs in the background while recording your own audio. Snapchat will put copyright if it detects original songs in your recording. To create and add music to Snapchat follow the steps below:
1. Log into your account.
2. Take a snap and click the music icon.
3. Go to ‘My sounds‘ and click ‘Create my sound‘.
If you already have a recording on your phone, you can directly select ‘Upload from Camera Roll‘ and select audio from your device location. If you want to record your sound proceed with the steps below:
4. Click ‘Record Sound‘ and press the mic icon.
5. Give a name and select ‘Save Sound‘.
You can also choose whether you want to make the sound public or not by using the ‘Make this sound public?‘ option. You can also trim the audio you recorded before selecting ‘Save sound‘. Now you can go to the library and select your sound to add music to Snapchat.
Share Songs from Spotify
This is a method where you share songs directly from Spotify as a snap rather than adding music to Snapchat. This is a great way if you want to share your favorite artist and introduce others to their music. Follow the steps below to share signs from Spotify.
1. Open Spotify and listen to the song.
2. Click on the triple dot icon and select ‘Share‘.
3. Select ‘Snapchat‘ and ‘Send‘.
You will be redirected to Snapchat and the music you selected will be shown as a snap. You can click ‘Send‘ to share the song. This can be a great alternative to adding music to Snapchat.
Why can’t I Add Music to My Snapchat Picture/Video?
If you have not been able to add music to Snapchat, there is a high chance that you are using an outdated version of Snapchat. Assuming this is the issue, you can simply go to either the play store or the app store and search for Snapchat. Then you can click on ‘Update‘ and get the latest version of Snapchat. This might solve your problem. However, if certain songs are not available in your region you might not be able to use them. In case that is the situation you are in, just wait for the music to be available in your region and you should be able to use it.
Conclusion
Though Instagram paved the way to popularize the add music feature, Snapchat has made very good use of it and users seem to love the idea. We hope we provided insight on ways you can add music to Snapchat. We hope this was a helpful article. Let us know if you have any queries. Also Read: How to Send Video on Snapchat?
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