Snapchat is bolstering its existing collection of smart filters with new variants that provide contextually relevant suggestions based on the content in your photo.

These new filters arrived after another update to Snapchat's filter carousel. The carousel originally had the so-called "smart filters," showing time, temperature, and speed.

The Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative is designed to provide customizable information on a host of smart personal objects that consumers use every day. Developers in Microsoft ...