WhatsApp Is the Latest App to Add Snapchat-Like Features
Photo, video tools rolling out beginning Monday in Netherlands and France
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Now there's another Facebook Inc. app making features that mimic Snapchat.
WhatsApp, the chat application owned by Facebook and used monthly by 1.2 billion people, is adding a built-in camera to let people take photos or videos, and send them directly to their contacts or add them to a "status" update -- similar to Snapchat's "stories" feature.