What Is Snapchat Dreams and How You Can Use It

Snapchat Dreams is a cool newgenerative AI featurethat lets you create incredible images from your selfie portraits. Available under theSnapchat Plussubscription, the Dreams feature is similar to Snapchat’s signature AR effects, named lenses. But instead of real-time camera-based effects, the Dreams feature utilizes AI to remix the user’s selfies into“fantastical pictures that transform their persona into new identities.”Keep reading to learn everything about Snapchat Dreams and how to use it to create AI portraits.

Snapchat Dreams: Generate AI Selfies

A brand new feature in Snapchat’s generative AI suit, Dreams uses AI-powered image generation to create AI portraits of you in different settings and backgrounds.

While other AI image generators create images by using text prompts, Snapchat Dreams asks you tosubmit multiple selfiesfrom different angles, and it then creates eight AI-generated portraits of you in various scenarios around a chosen theme, such as Alternate Universes or Time Travel.

By default, the feature came with only eight different packs a user could choose from, but at the time of writing, the holiday season had just gone by, so Snapchat added a few Christmas-themed Dreams packs you could choose from.

While the first eight Dreams photo generations are free, you will need to pay a nominal cost of $1 to unlock another eight dreams as an in-app purchase. However, you willget 8 free Dreams every monthif you are a Snapchat+ user. Also, a few Dreams packs can feature you and your friend who has opted for it.

Note:When the feature was first introduced, even non-Snapchat Plus members could create eight free dreams, but the free option is no longer available to everyone.

How to Create Snapchat Dreams

Now that you know what Snapchat Dreams are, it is time for you to learn how to create them. Here’s how you go about it:

Note:While Snapchat says it takes about 20-30 minutes for your first Dreams pack to generate, the waiting time varied a lot in our testing. One time, the dreams were generated in less than 10 minutes; the other time, it took almost a day.

How to View Snapchat Dreams Photos

Beebom’s Take on Snapchat Dreams

At first, I found the idea of creating AI-generated images using your selfies intriguing, as it allowed for more personalization and fun interactions on Snapchat. However, the images (Dreams) usually take a considerable amount of time to generate, and these AI-generated images appearcartoonish and not realisticat all.

These AI-generated images look just plain bad and not worth it at all. While some images elongated my face and distorted my fingers, other times I had an odd-looking smile or other irregularities that made me not want to open my Memories section.

As a Snapchat Plus user, the Dreams feature does not fully meet my expectations, especially if I have topay extra for additional Dreams packs. Though the free monthly pack serves as a good trial, sinking money for extra Dreams packs is a strict NO NO as the quality of the generated AI images is not good enough, and the process is time-consuming as well.

And that’s it. This is pretty much all you need to know about Snapchat Dreams. To be fair, these can not be considered thebest generative AI image generationswe’ve seen so far, but yes, they make for an interesting and good laugh. Do try it out for the fun factor; that’s all I will say.

Head over to the Memories section of your Snapchat app and swipe right to access Dreams on Snapchat. The steps remain the same for both iOS and Android.

Like your Snapchat memories, dreams are private to you; no one other than you can see your dreams.

You need to pay a nominal cost of $1 to get more dreams with an in-app purchase. Snapchat Plus users get eight dreams for free every month.

Vikhyat Rishi

Vikhyat has a bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering and over five years of writing experience. His passion for technology and Apple products led him to Beebom, where he specializes in writing App features, How To’s and app troubleshooting guides for fellow Apple users. When not typing away on his MacBook Pro, he loves exploring the real world.

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