Snapchat, popular with young people for applying bunny faces or other filters to their pictures, competes for ad dollars with the likes of Facebook Inc's Instagram.
Snap Inc's Snapchat on Tuesday introduced "context cards", a new feature that will allow users to book an Uber ride or reserve a seat at a restaurant without leaving the messaging app.
The new feature is aimed at increasing the time a user spends on the app by providing contextual location-based search, potentially helping the company to get more advertising dollars.
