Key Takeaways

• Snapchat Dreams is a generative AI feature that allows you to create AI selfies from within the app.
• Upgrading to Snapchat+ gives paying users one free pack of Dreams, while free users must pay US$1 for a pack of eight Dreams.
• The accuracy of the AI-generated images varies, but the more pictures you provide, the better the results.

Snapchat has a generative AI feature that lets you create AI selfies. Called Dreams, the feature lets you create a gallery of portraits of yourself which you can then share. Here’s how to use Snapchat Dreams to create your own AI selfies.

Is Snapchat Dreams Free?

Besides improving your Snapchat experience, Dreams is one of the reasons you should consider upgrading to Snapchat+. Snapchat’s paid users get one free pack to start, followed by a monthly pack of free Dreams.

However, it’s worth noting that your subsequent monthly AI pack is selected randomly, and you might get the same one again.

Free users, on the other hand, must pay, and won’t get any free packs. A pack of eight Dreams costs $1. This is despite the Snapchat website claiming that every user gets a free pack. We tested this on two different accounts and both required a payment to generate a pack.

How to Use Snapchat Dreams to Create AI Selfies

If you’ve never used the feature before, you may have noticed a prompt for it just after you open Snapchat. It usually appears as a banner above your active chats.

To use Dreams, you will first need to upload a set of selfies.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Snapchat and tap your profile photo (or Bitmoji) at the top left corner.
2. Select the cogwheel icon in the top-right corner to open your settings.
3. Scroll down the My Account section and tap AI selfies.
4. Choose Create AI selfies.
5. Read the terms and conditions first, and if you’re happy with them, click Agree and continue.
6. Proceed to take photos. It will ask you for selfies from different angles.
7. After the selfies stage, you can tap Add more photos to add photos from your camera roll.
8. Tap Done, and you’ll get to a screen where you can pick a male- or female-looking outline. You can choose one or skip that part altogether.

Now that you have registered photos, you can go and generate your AI selfies with Dreams:

1. Tap the camera icon like you’re about to make a Snap.
2. Swipe up from there to access Memories. If you’re greeted with flashback Snaps, just swipe down to enter the Memories page.
3. Select the Dreams tab and choose the glowing yellow Create Dreams button.
4. You get one free random pack with eight photos. Select it, and wait for your pack to generate.

You might have to wait up to 30 minutes for your pack to be ready, and you’ll be notified once it is ready.

Is Snapchat Dreams Good at Creating AI Selfies?

The accuracy of the images generally varies according to what pack you pick, but the more pictures you give it to work with, the better the results. In our photos, the images were reasonably realistic and much better than most other “AI filter apps” out there.

You can use these images on Snapchat or share them on other platforms. Just go to Dreams in Memories, find the image you want to share, and tap Send To to share on Snapchat.

If you want to download the image, tap the pencil icon in the bottom-left corner, and it’ll change to a share icon. Tap the share icon and swipe left on the menu to see Download. Using that will save the image on your device.

And that’s all it takes to get your own AI selfies from Snapchat. If you’re not a fan of the Dreams feature but want to generate an AI selfie, you can also use Vana to generate AI portraits.