Our first heart to focus on is the yellow heart, which represents the first level of best friendship in the application. It may cause you a lot of confusion the first time you see a red heart replace your yellow heart, but with the research we’ve gathered below, you’ll never be confused about the platform again. As you move up through the ranks of best friendship, you’ll begin exchanging hearts with other colors. Snapchat uses three different heart emojis to represent different connections between you and another user, with each heart representing a different level of friendship between you and another person. Out of all of the emojis on Snapchat, none are quite as confusing as the hearts.

There are a ton of hidden emojis inside the app, many of which you may have never even seen.

This can be anything from a smiling face to represent one of your “best friends” on the app, to a baby icon to represent recently added friends, to the fire emoji to represent a Snapchat streak. Unlike most applications that use emojis, where the icons are used as fun ways to add some flavor into your messages with other people, Snapchat uses these emojis next to the contacts list inside your application to explain the “level” of friendship you share with another user on Snapchat. If you’re brand new to Snapchat, it can be difficult to understand what any of the emojis and icons inside of the app are trying to tell you.

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