Snapchat lets subscribers bring their 2D Bitmojis to life

Snapchat is bringing back 2D Bitmoji user avatars for paying subscribers. Over the coming days, users with a Snapchat Plus subscription (which starts at $2.25 per month for the annual plan) can enable a new “Comic Bitmoji” option that displays 3D avatars in a 2D animation style.

“Think of it as a filter for your avatar: the same customization and expressions you love, reimagined to remind us of that iconic comic book-inspired look,” Snapchat said In the blog announcement. The comic style filter maintains the additional customization options introduced when Bitomji switched to 3D mode in 2023, so the results offer more detailed poses and looks than the original 2D Bitmoji offered.

This update Responds to the petition It was signed by nearly 100,000 Snapchat users who were unhappy with the switch to “ugly and weird” 3D avatars.