Snapchat will let you pause Streaks but it will be free just once

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Snapchat is allowing users to pause Snapchat Streaks, once for free.

Snapchat Streaks is a gaming system that encourages a user and a friend to take photos of each other. If you snap photos for consecutive days it becomes a streak, and the longer you maintain that the higher your overall Snapchat score.

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Streaks are popular but the problem is if you miss even a day of taking photos, you lose that Streak.

Snap Inc is rolling out a way for users to pause Streaks in a test phase. Snapchat will allow users to pause one Streak for free but subsequent uses require Streak Restores, which need to be bought separately for 99 cents in the US.

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Users can also sign up for Snapchat+, the company's subscription service which will soon get the ability to freeze Streaks.

Recently, Snapchat rolled out a customized AI bot  called My AI, which is based on OpenAI's GPT technology that also powers ChatGPT.