Snap Just Bought A Student Calendar App: How It Could Reinvent Snapchat

Snap, Inc. SNAP confirmed on Friday that it has purchased Saturn, a calendar app designed to help students organize and share their school schedules.

The Details: The terms of the acquisition were not made public, and Saturn will remain available as an independent app, the company told TechCrunch. 

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According to Snap, nearly all of Saturn's team—just under 30 full-time employees—will join Snap as part of the deal.

While Snap has not detailed its future plans for Saturn, a company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Snap intends to incorporate Saturn's calendar features into Snapchat in new and creative ways. 

Saturn, launched in 2018, takes a social approach to scheduling by allowing high school and college students to connect with classmates and easily view each other's class schedules, eliminating the need to exchange photos of timetables.

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The app lets users share not only their class schedules but also plans for practices, rehearsals, meetings, and games, giving friends a real-time view of each other's activities. 

Snap reports that Saturn is widely used, with support in 80% of U.S. high schools, and credits Saturn's popularity to its engaging and interactive approach to scheduling.

What Else: Snap recently announced that it will launch lightweight, immersive AR glasses called Specs in 2026.

Specs will use advanced machine learning to interpret the environment, bring AI-powered assistance into 3D space, support shared games and activities with friends, and serve as a flexible workstation for browsing and streaming.

Currently, Snapchat users interact with AR Lenses 8 billion times each day, and more than 400,000 developers have created over 4 million Lenses using Snap's AR tools. 

In 2024, Snap released its fifth-generation Spectacles for developers, setting the stage for the Specs public launch in 2026.

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