Snap announced a new feature called Director Mode, aimed at providing easier access to Snapchat’s native creative tools for publishing video on its platform, including to its short-form video feature known as Spotlight. The roll out of the new feature comes a few weeks after Snap’s Partner Summit took place, where the company announced several new features. “With this next generation Story, we’re hoping to help Snapchatters turn shared moments into shared memories.” “Today, we’re introducing Shared Stories, a new way for Snapchatters to build community around the content they love to snap,” Snap said in a blog post.

Snapchat says this will allow users to remain in control of who they share content with on the app. In addition, the app will notify users if they’ve joined a Shared Story with someone they have blocked. Snapchat says content is moderated using a combination of automatic language detection and community review tools. However, unlike regular friend Stories and Groups, there isn’t a chat component for Shared Stories. You can start a Shared Story by heading to your profile, tapping the new story option and then selecting “Shared Story.” As with all stories sent on Snapchat, Snaps sent to a Shared Story are automatically deleted after 24 hours.

With the new Shared Stories feature, users who have been added to a group can add their friends as well to make it easier “for the whole soccer team, camp squad, or group of coworkers to get in on the fun,” Snap says. The feature is a new iteration of the app’s “Custom Stories” feature, which allows users to create a story and add friends to view and contribute to it.

Snapchat is rolling out a new “Shared Stories” feature that is designed to make it easier for users on the app to collaborate and share memories.

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