Snapchat Hourglass Meaning ⌛️ & All The Snapchat Emojis

Snapchat uses emojis, icons and symbols as a representation of different things, and often times, these can get confusing to new users. One such is the Snapchat Hourglass emoji.

Snapchat introduced the Hourglass emoji, otherwise known as the Timer emoji, in March 2016 and since then, many people have been clueless about this new feature.

Users have tweeted out asking what the hourglass (or timer) indicates. We’ll take a look at the meaning of this new emoji and what to do when it appears.

Read also: Snapchat Score: Meaning, How it Works and How to Increase your Score

The Snapchat hourglass/timer emoji appears next to a friend’s name, like all emojis. Seeing as how Snapchat has always been secretive about the meaning of their emojis and other features including the snapchat score, this new emoji too is driving people nuts.

Snapchat Hourglass: Explanation

According to a tweet by the official Snapchat Twitter account, the Snapchat hourglass ⌛️ emoji appears when a Snapstreak is going to end soon.

What is Snapchat Hourglass?

Snapchat Hourglass is an emoji that appears next to a friend’s name on Snapchat when a snapstreak is about to end. When the Snapchat hourglass appears, it means that you haven’t been exchanging snaps with your friends within the past 24 hours.

For those of you that do not know what a Snapstreak is, it’s the fire emoji 🔥 that appears alongside the hourglass emoji. When you and a friend have been exchanging snaps on a regular basis, it’s called a Snapstreak, indicated by the fire emoji. You lose your Snapstreak if you haven’t been exchanging snaps within 24 hours.

With the new update, Snapchat lets you know when your Snapstreak is going to end using the hourglass emoji. It’s telling you that you haven’t been exchanging snaps within the past 20 or so hours. To maintain your streak, both you and your friend should send each other snaps within 24 hours, else you’ll end up losing your snapstreak (indicated by the number that appears along side the fire emoji).

How to Get Rid of the Snapchat Hourglass Emoji

When you get the hourglass emoji, the next obvious step, naturally, is to send that friend a snap.

Because it is an indication of the ending of a Snapstreak, it is also a reminder to you that you should exchange snaps with each other. So, to get rid of the hourglass emoji, send out a snap to the friend in question.

It should be noted that sending texts and other chat messages (audio/video) do not count as a snap. In order to remove the hourglass emoji, you need to send out a proper snap (picture or video) to your friend.

How long does Snapchat Hourglass last?

Snapchat Hourglass appears when you haven’t snapchatted each other for more than 24 hours, so naturally, it’s safe to assume that it lasts for 24 hours. You need to exchange snaps within the next 24 hours to maintain your streak.

How long before a Streak dies?

Streaks are updated every 24 hours. If a streak is not maintained, the Hourglass/Timer emoji appears. So to answer this question, a Snap streak dies after 48 hours.

When do you get the Hourglass on Snapchat

The hourglass on Snapchat appears when you haven’t been snapchatting each other for more than 24 hours. This means that your snapstreak is about to end.

Does the hourglass appear on both sides?

Yes. The hourglass is exclusive between you and a particular friend,

All The Snapchat Emojis & Their Meanings

Snapchat now have a bunch of emojis, including the hourglass emoji, that appears next to your friends’ names on your inbox.

If you haven’t known the significance of Snapchat emojis and symbols, they are a good way to learn about your friends. Some of your friends will be your best friends — people that you each send the most number of snaps to, some will be best friends with you, but you are not with them, and so on. Using these little emojis, you can learn a lot about your friends and how much they mean to you (lol).

Let’s take a look at the meaning of each of these emojis.

💛 Gold Heart: When a gold heart appears next to a friend’s name in your inbox, it means that that person is your ‘best friend’ — you have exchanged the most number of snaps. You have sent the most number of snaps to this person, and this person also sends you the most number of snaps.

Red Heart: A read heart emoji means that you have been ‘best friends’ with that person for at least 2 weeks. Which is to say that you have exchanged the most number of snaps with this person within the last 2 weeks or more.

💕 Pink Hearts: This emoji is also an indication of how long you have been ‘best friends’ with each other. The pink hearts tell you that you have been exchanging the most number of snaps with your friend for at least 2 months.

😬 Grimace: When this emoji appears next to a person’s name, it means that you are sharing a ‘best friend’ with this person. Your best friend is also that person’s best friend. Kinda makes you feel cheated, doesn’t it?

😊 Smile: A smile emoji on Snapchat means that that person is one of your best friends — someone you send out a lot of snaps to. This person is not your best friend. He/she is just one of the persons that you send out a lot of snaps to, not the most.

😎 Sunglasses: Sunglasses emoji indicates that you share a close friend. One of your best friends is also one of the person’s best friends.

😏 Smirk: This is an emoji you could actually be proud of. It means that you are their best friend, but they are not your best friends. That is, he/she sends you the most number of snaps, but you do not send the most number of snaps to him/her.

The above emojis are called Snapchat best friend emojis.

🎂 Birthday Cake: The birthday cake emoji appears next to your friends’ names when it is their birthday. This emoji is an excellent reminder so you will never forget to wish your friends on their birthday again.

👶 Baby: The baby emoji on Snapchat appears next to your friends’ names when you have just become friends with them on Snapchat. It means that your Snapchat relationship is still at an infant stage.

🔥 Fire: You’re on a Snapstreak. As stated earlier, being on a snapstreak means that you have been regularly exchanging snaps with that person. A snapstreak will end when you haven’t been exchanging snaps for 24 hours.

⌛️ Hourglass: We’ve covered Snapchat hourglass emoji in detail. It means your Snapstreak is about to end.

🌟 Star: A star emoji on Snapchat means that one of the snaps of that person has been replayed. It doesn’t matter if you’re the one who replayed or some other person, if one of his/her snaps is replayed, a star emoji will appear next to his name.

It should be noted that these emojis are seen only by you. Your friends will see different emojis depending on their snapchat history.

It is impossible to disable emojis at this time. But you can customize your emojis.

Here is an example that illustrates the meaning of emojis.

If you these emojis next to a friend’s name, it means that you have been regularly exchanging snaps with each other for 45 days straight, you’re on a snapstreak. But your streak is about to end because you haven’t been exchanging snaps within the past 15 or so hours. The last emoji (pink hearts) indicate that both of you have been sending each other the most number of snaps with each other (you have been best friends) for more than 2 months.