kick off the Snapchat app on your iOS or Android gear and sign into your account if necessary.

Tap thespeech bubble with the pencilin the top right corner of the Friends tab.

You should see a text cursor blinking in theTo:field at the top of the New Chat screen.

Photo illustration of three people on mobile devices.

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Alternatively, scroll down to snag the friend manually.

Repeat step four for all the friends you want to add to your group.

you might add up to 31 friends to a single group.

Adding people to group chat in Snapchat.

Tap the blueChat with Groupbutton to create the group.

The group chat will automatically open so you might start chatting immediately.

Just tap the group name from your Friends tab to initiate the group chat.

Naming and using the new group in Snapchat.

Chats sent in groups are automatically deleted after 24 hours.

Video Chat: you could startvideo chattingwith up to 15 friends in a group from the group chat.