Insta360’s Snap is a tiny magnetic phone screen for taking rear-camera selfies

April 8, 2026 Andrew Liszewski

A person holds a smartphone at arm’s length to take a selfie using Insta360’s Snap screen accessory attached.
The Snap lets you frame selfies using your phone’s best cameras.

Insta360 just announced the Snap, a new smartphone accessory designed to improve the quality of your selfies. It works like a digital mirror magnetically attached to the back of your Android or iOS smartphone so you can preview and properly frame shots using its more capable rear cameras, while touchscreen functionality lets you control camera apps without having to constantly flip your phone around. After testing the Snap with my iPhone 16 Pro for a week I found it to be an effective way to use my phone's multiple rear cameras for selfies, but the accessory is not without some frustrating quirks.

The Insta360 Snap Selfie Screen is availabl …

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