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Bitmoji, the personalized cartoon versions of you, were officially added to Snapchat in July 2016, a few months after Snap acquired Bitmoji maker Bitstrips.

Starting today, Snapchat will let users add Bitmoji to on-demand geofilters, little drawings on top of photos that are mainly used to celebrate special events like birthdays and weddings.

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To create your Bitmoji-enhanced geofilter, choose a theme (currently you have the choice of Thanksgiving, birthday, wedding and celebration) on the Snapchat website, and then customize the geofilter with your own design, message, colors and Bitmoji.

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Your Bitmoji will automatically appear if your account is linked to your Snapchat account. You can, however, also add a Friendmoji -- that is, a Bitmoji belonging to a friend. Search for a friend in the drop-down menu. If you both have a Bitmoji linked to your Snapchat account, you'll get a choice of adding it to your geofilter.

Snapchat's on-demand geofilters start at $5 (the price depends on the geographic area you're covering and the duration of the geofilter) and are a nifty way for the social network to generate revenue. And while the Bitmoji craze has subsided a little from the days when you saw them many times per day on Facebook and Snapchat, they're a logical addition to on-demand geofilters, which are highly personal in nature.

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