# Snap.as leaving alpha soon **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** snapas\ **Created:** [October 13, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921 "2020-10-13T20:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/1 "2020-10-13T20:52:41Z")
As I’ve [mentioned online](https://twitter.com/ilikebeans/status/1303743848653426691) before, we’re currently working on restructuring Snap.as, so we can finally start moving it forward again. Here’s an update on where that’s at today. In short, we’ve already launched “version 2,” and we’ll be migrating everyone to the upgraded system in the next week or two! > **[Leaving Alpha](https://we.snap.as/leaving-alpha)** > > In late 2017, we quietly launched Snap.as. At the time, it was simply meant to fill a gap for Write.as users that wanted to add visuals t... ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/2 "2020-10-13T21:02:25Z")
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**Author:** ![gytisrepecka](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/gytisrepecka/32/233_2.png) [@gytisrepecka](https://discuss.write.as/u/gytisrepecka)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/3 "2020-10-14T15:48:24Z")
Does it mean SnapFreely will be included into WriteFreely? 🤓 ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/4 "2020-10-14T19:19:06Z")
Yep! I’m now thinking the best way to build all of these tools will be to build them into WriteFreely itself, or at the very least use it as the “core.” Then admins can choose which tools to enable / offer to their users. ---
**Author:** ![gytisrepecka](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/gytisrepecka/32/233_2.png) [@gytisrepecka](https://discuss.write.as/u/gytisrepecka)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/5 "2020-10-15T08:06:37Z")
Awesome! Can’t wait image uploads to be integrated into WriteFreely 👍 ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/6 "2020-10-26T19:58:42Z")
An update on this: you can now migrate to the new Snap.as! Instead of moving everyone at once as we’d originally planned, we decided to make this an opt-in process. So right now your account, photos, galleries, etc. are all read-only and still on our old systems. To switch over: - [Log in to Snap.as](https://snap.as/login) - Click the “Update my Snap.as Account” button That’s it! You can refresh the page to check on progress, and when it’s finished, you’ll be able to upload and modify your photos again. (It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes.) [https://video.writeas.org/download/videos/c22f758d-ab88-4f2a-ac18-ea580e925f54-720.mp4](https://video.writeas.org/download/videos/c22f758d-ab88-4f2a-ac18-ea580e925f54-720.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![umhi](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/umhi/32/570_2.png) [@umhi](https://discuss.write.as/u/umhi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/snap-as-leaving-alpha-soon/1921/7 "2020-10-28T23:35:37Z")
So exciting - thanks for all your hard work, @matt!