Facebook now lets anyone make their own Snapchat-like photo frame

But the new tool is not available in the US yet

by @jjvincent Dec 9, 2016, 4:12am EST

Facebook continues to flesh out its in-app camera features, releasing a new tool that lets members of the public photo frames for your profile picture since 2015, but hasn’t let anyone create their own before now.

An example of custom photo frames for Facebook.

Like Facebook’s other photo experiments (including a version of the app that opens online guide lets you download a Photoshop template, and offers advice on how to make sure your frame gets through Facebook’s approval process. Then, all you need to do is smile for the camera.

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