To get the yellow heart emoji on Snapchat, you and another person must become each other’s number one best friend on the app. This means you send the most Snaps to that person, and they send the most Snaps to you. Once you both reach this level, Snapchat shows a yellow heart next to their name in your chat list.
The yellow heart indicates a strong relationship on Snap, but it does not simply appear because there are many messages sent back and forth. You must be sending Snaps back and forth to each other more frequently than with any other user. Here is how to get the yellow heart emoji and keep it on your Snapchat account.
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What Does the Yellow Heart Mean on Snapchat?
The yellow heart symbolizes that you and the user are each other’s number one best friends. In more simple terms, the user sends the most snaps to you and you send the most snaps to the user.
The yellow heart is associated with your activity on Snapchat unlike normal chats. For instance, a yellow heart will show up alongside the user’s name if you are in the habit of exchanging photos or videos snaps with the user and the user does the same.
Here is what you need to know:
Yellow heart: You are number one best friends with each other.
Red heart: You have been each other’s number one best friends for two consecutive weeks.
Pink hearts: You have been best friends with each other for two consecutive months.
The emojis may change depending on your activity on Snapchat; hence a yellow heart is not permanent.
How to Get the Yellow Heart Emoji on Snapchat
Getting the yellow heart with someone is easy! Just follow the steps below.
Step #1. Choose Someone to Become Best Friends With
The first thing you should do before getting the yellow heart is choosing a friend you want to become best friends with. You do not have to change anything or buy a special Snapchat option.
Instead, you only need to make sure that you send regular Snaps to that person. In addition, remember to make sure that the person you are trying to get the yellow heart with is one of the top contacts in your Snapchat list.
Step #2. Send Them Snaps Every Day
The next step is to begin sending Snap photos and videos to the friend you have selected each day. Feel free to send daily happenings, amusing images, brief video clips, etc.
Keep in mind though that texting alone will not count towards the yellow heart since texting through chats does not qualify as Snap communication.
Snap exchanges will help you achieve the yellow heart, but to do so in an effective manner, you should be sending Snaps every day. You need not send random pictures all day. You only have to take a Snap when you have something meaningful to say.
Step #3. Ask Them to Send Snaps Back
Your friend will need to send you Snaps frequently too. If you send a lot of Snaps to them and they are primarily sending their other friends Snaps, you might not be their best friend anymore.
Thus, it is advisable to maintain a balanced flow of Snaps back and forth. Both of you should like to share Snaps and not treat the Snap like a competition.
Step #4. Make Each Other Your Number One Best Friend
This step is important. Snapchat tracks your messaging with people, so sending Snaps to just one person doesn’t count if you have sent a higher volume of Snaps to other people.
In order to achieve a yellow heart, you both need to be each other’s number one contact on Snapchat. Depending on your behavior, Snapchat will automatically update the emojis.
There is no option to turn on the yellow heart, all you have to do is establish the right behavior.
Step #5. Check Your Chat List
Once you have exchanged Snaps frequently, you can check your chat list on Snapchat. You need to see the yellow heart emoji next to your friend’s name.
If you see that emoji, then you have successfully gained the best-friend status. If not, that means that you did not exchange enough Snaps with that person or that either of you has someone else listed as their number one best friend.
Keep in mind that Snapchat does not specify an actual time frame for the emoji to show up. You need to continue using the app normally without waiting for a number of days for the heart to appear.
How Long Does It Take to Get the Yellow Heart?
Unfortunately, there’s no definitive number of days or hours before you can expect to receive the yellow heart. The emoji depends on how often you send Snaps and when in comparison to how many Snaps your friends get.
For example, you may send one person Snaps every single day but if you received more Snaps from someone else then you won’t be able to achieve the yellow heart.
On the other hand, if both of you are each other’s number one person to snap, the emoji itself will appear when Snapchat recognizes this status.
The important thing is to be consistent. Keep sending Snaps to each other, reply whenever possible, and let the friendship develop naturally.
Why Is the Yellow Heart Not Showing Up?
The reason could be that you and your friend are not each other’s number one best friend. Hence, one of you must be sending more messages to another friend.
You primarily send text-message-based communication. Just having messages won’t suffice as the sole criterion.
Your Snapping activity may have changed. When your Snap habits change, the behavior of Snapchat will reflect the changes by updating the friendship emoji.
An updated version of the app may correct any problems experienced. If you think that the display of the emoji is not functioning properly, updating and restarting the app might help you.
If you are still not able to see the heart, make sure to continue using Snapchat without resorting to any third-party sites or applications.
How to Keep the Yellow Heart on Snapchat
Once the yellow heart has appeared, it is necessary to keep the number one best friend position in order to maintain it.
The following are some easy tips to help achieve this:
Consistently exchange Snaps.
Make sure to respond to Snaps when you can.
Stay active without having to send Snaps constantly.
Do not obsess over the emoji personal status.
Above all, remember that Snapchat emojis can change at any moment if either of you begins sending more Snaps to someone else than to each other.
Final Thoughts
The yellow heart on Snapchat is easy to get. Just shoot as many Snaps as possible to each other compared to other contacts.
To find out whether you have reached this status, keep sending Snaps and encourage your friend to stay active. Always check your chat list for the yellow heart.
There is no fixed period regarding the occurrence of the yellow heart. All you need is to ensure that you constantly send Snaps to keep the yellow heart after it appears.
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