For the first time, Snapchat will copy a feature from InstagramJune 15 (AZINS) Up until now, Instagram has been known to copy features from Snapchat. But for the first time, it looks the roles have been reversed.

According to a report by Mashable, Snapchat is currently testing a new video feature, called Bounce, which will allow users to create looping Boomerang-style videos.  This feature will allow users to create a loop video which will play itself back-and-forth, similar to Instagram’s popular feature, Boomerang. However, there is no confirmation as to when this feature will officially release.

Recently, Snapchat set out to spread its reach, and panache, to other smartphone apps with a software kit that promised to share little data about users. Parent company Snap said people will be able to use Snapchat credentials to sign into apps the way they might do using Facebook or Google credentials, while strictly limiting access to personal data or activity tracking.

The software kit will also allow free Snapchat features such as filters, stories or "Bitmojis" to appear in other applications, according to the California-based firm. The kit, aimed at making Snapchat more ubiquitous in the world of smartphone apps, was built with privacy as a priority, Snap vice president of product Jacob Andreou told AFP.

Snapchat sign-ins to other apps will use nicknames and "Bitmoji" avatars instead of personal data from profiles, according to the company. Snap also vowed to carefully scrutinize what applications do with the new software tools. Snap deputy general counsel Katherine Tassi said that the service learned from an incident nearly four years ago when a huge trove of evidently intercepted Snapchat images and videos were exposed online.

In what was referred to in late 2014 as "The Snappening," people who used a third-party program instead of the official Snapchat application had copies of supposedly transient missives squirreled away by hackers who then posted them online.

Users had complained about an abrupt overhaul of the service late last year. Snapchat rocketed to popularity, especially among teens, after the initial app was released in September 2011. Created by then Stanford University students, the app allows the sending of messages that disappear shortly after being viewed.