If you’ve spotted a purple circle around the profile of one of your Snapchat contacts, you are probably wondering what it means.
Snapchatis still one of the easiest ways to connect with your friends. The app allows you to send photos, videos, and more to your friends, as well as post to your story for selected groups to see.
While usingthe platform,you have likely seen that some of your friends, or profiles you might see in the quick-add feature, have purple circles around their Bitmoji or profile. But what do these purple circles mean on Snapchat?
What does the purple ring around a Snapchat story mean?
Whilepurple circles on Snapchat have different meaningsdepending on the section of the app they appear in, one thing that it often indicates is thatthe user who has the circle around their profile has uploaded a story.
When clicking on the Stories tab, you will be able to see friends, as well as people who you haven’t yet added, with purple circles around their pictures.
If you see a purple circle with alock next to it, this indicates thatyou have been added to someone’s private story. This means that only you and a select group of people that the uploader has chosen will be able to view the story.
On the ‘Added Me’ screen, you might also see a purple circle next to someone’s profile if they haveadded you on Snapchat using Quick Add.
Quick Addis a popular feature that allows people to quickly and easily add other users as friend, without needing to search them up.
If you want to learn more about how to use Snapchat, you can check out some of our other guides, includinghow to allow camera access on Snapchatandhow to do a poll on Snapchat.
Georgina Smith was an Entertainment Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in viral, TikTok, YouTube and Twitch content. She also covered reality TV shows from Below Deck to Love Island.
