⚡ Get All Content for 20% Off ⚡

You Can Now Draw On Your Facebook Photos. Here's How. A little Doodle will do ya good.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

entrepreneur daily

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

Pexels | Kim Lachance Shandrow | Facebook

Attention millennials: Facebook is finally getting artsy, and it wants you to play with your pics.

In its latest attempt to be as cool as Snapchat, the social-media mammoth now allows users to doodle on photos before sharing them with friends. What's next, news feeds littered with bulging eyes and upchucked rainbows? You never know.

Facebook rolled out the playful new capability yesterday by simply adding a basic "Doodle" option to the photo editing available on its iOS and Android apps. (Doodle is not available on Facebook's web platform.)

Related: Facebook Is Rolling Out 360-Degree Video to News Feeds With a Little Help From Oculus VR

To draw on your Facebook photos, launch the mobile app on your phone and upload an image. Next, select Edit from the bottom left of your uploaded photo and choose Doodle. Pick a color to sketch from the rainbow stripe that shows up on the right side of the screen. Then use your finger to doodle away. You know you want in on the fun.

The Doodle button isn't the only Snapchat-like way Facebook has spiced up its bells and whistles in recent days. On Sept. 30, the tech giant enabled people to use short looping videos as profile images. Think Vines and GIFs, only smaller.

In related news, Facebook just announced it tweaked its News Feed feature so that it loads better and faster for users, regardless of their connection speed. The news comes as the 1.5 billion-monthly active user social network ramps ups an aggressive effort to expand its reach across the globe, particularly in developing countries. To that end, CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg confirmed on his Facebook wall that his company will launch a giant satellite into space to beam Internet access to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

"We're going to keep working to connect the entire world -- even if that means looking beyond our planet," he said.

Also even if that means more youthful photo-customizing features, like goofy smiley-face stickers and whimsical doodles.

Related: Your Next Facebook Profile Picture Can Be a GIF

Kim Lachance Shandrow

Former West Coast Editor

Kim Lachance Shandrow is the former West Coast editor at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was a commerce columnist at Los Angeles CityBeat, a news producer at MSNBC and KNBC in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times. She has also written for Government Technology magazine, LA Yoga magazine, the Lowell Sun newspaper, HealthCentral.com, PsychCentral.com and the former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Coop. Follow her on Twitter at @Lashandrow. You can also follow her on Facebook here

Want to be an Entrepreneur Leadership Network contributor? Apply now to join.

Side Hustle

The Remote Side Hustle a 43-Year-Old Musician Works on for 1 Hour a Day Earns Nearly $3,000 a Month: 'All From the Comfort of Home'

Sam Ziegler wanted to supplement his income as a professional drummer — then his tech skills and desire to help people came together.

Leadership

Former Interrogator Shares 5 Behaviors Liars Exhibit and How to Handle Them

Five deceptive behaviors to look for and how to respond to those behaviors when you encounter them.

Marketing

Ever Wonder Why Certain Websites Rank Higher Than Yours? This SEO Expert Reveals The Secret to Dominating Search Results

It's often the smart use of SEO, now supercharged with AI, particularly in keyword optimization.

Business News

AI Is Impacting Jobs. Here Are the Gigs Affected the Most, According to an Analysis of 5 Million Upwork Postings

The researcher said in the report that freelance jobs were analyzed first because that market will likely see AI's immediate impact.

Business Ideas

55 Small Business Ideas to Start in 2024

We put together a list of the best, most profitable small business ideas for entrepreneurs to pursue in 2024.