Instagram today is rolling out a new update which makes it easier to connect with friends and chat with them when they’re available. Whenever your friends are active, Instagram will show a green dot next to their profile picture including the Direct inbox and when you see their shared post in the news feed. Continue reading “Instagram now shows when your friends are online to DM”
Facebook reactions are now a year old, and these go along with the very famous ‘Like’ button. The company pushed them to Messenger as well and now Facebook is looking to bring these on its flagship product; Instagram. This isn’t the first time we have seen such a thing for Instagram; we have seen references back in April as well. Continue reading “Instagram said to be testing Facebook-like reactions to Stories”
Instagram apart from building a new two-factor authentication is also working on bringing the ability for public accounts to remove followers. This feature was available for Private accounts holders for a long time and it is only now the feature is making the news for public account holders. Continue reading “Instagram testing the ability to allow public accounts to remove followers”
Instagram currently offers two-factor authentication through SMS that delivers a password reset or login code via text message. But the company has now confirmed that it is building a non-SMS two-factor authentication system that works with security apps like Google Authenticator or Duo. Continue reading “Instagram said to be testing non-SMS two factor authentication”
Instagram has finally brought the adaptive icon with the latest Alpha update. With Instagram being a pretty famous app across the globe and it is present on the majority of home screens, it is about time the company updates it with an adaptive icon. Continue reading “Instagram alpha update finally brings adaptive icon”
Soon it might become easier for users to get the blue tick verification on Instagram. The company is said to be testing a new verification process with an official request form that is publicly accessible within the app for the first time. For now, the new request form is available for iOS in Australia and a few other unspecified countries. Continue reading “Instagram said to be testing new ‘Request Verification’ process”
Instagram today has officially announced that it is introducing a new interactive questions sticker in Stories that lets your friends submit questions for you to answer, after testing it recently. It’s a fun new way to interact with your followers. The company back in May rolled out interactive emoji slider sticker for polls. Continue reading “Instagram update brings interactive questions sticker for Stories”
Instagram today has announced that it is rolling out “You’re All Caught Up” news feed algorithm message. It started testing the feature back in May. Users will start noticing the new message when they have seen every post from the last two days. This move comes after collecting feedback from users as the current arrangement is making it difficult to keep track of seen posts. Continue reading “Instagram finally starts rolling out ‘You’re All Caught Up’ feature”
Instagram- the Facebook-owned company now has added the ability to ask questions in its Stories after rolling out the option to add soundtracks to your Stories. The feature is dubbed “ask a question,” and has started rolling out at least for Android users, but not for all though.
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Instagram today is introducing music in Stories. Now you can add a soundtrack to your story that you feel fits perfectly at any moment. The company says that Instagram Stories is now used by 400 million every day. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you add sound tracks to your Stories”
Instagram has received a new update which brings features like Video Chat, topic channels in Explore, and new camera effects for Stories. With the new video call, you can video chat in Instagram Direct, either with just one person or a group. Topic channels on Explore give you new ways to discover your interests on Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram updated with video chat, topic channels in Explore and new AR camera effects”
Instagram at an event in San Francisco has finally announced the IGTV standalone application for watching long-form, vertical video from your favorite Instagram creators just as reported. As the name suggests, you’ll also be able to watch long-form videos within the Instagram app so the entire community of one billion can use it from the very start. Continue reading “Instagram IGTV long-form video platform for creators released for Android and iOS”
Instagram CEO Kevin recently confirmed that the company is working on a usage insights tool within the Instagram app. While the company is still perfecting the feature for the official roll out, the screenshots of the tool in action have now surfaced, thanks to Jane Manchun Wong’s APK digging skills. Continue reading “Instagram usage insights tool with reminders, priority notifications surface”
Back in February Instagram started testing screenshot alerts for stories and months after its functioning, the company seems to have put an end to it. Instagram has confirmed the same by saying that it is no longer testing a feature that would let people see when someone took a screenshot of their story. Continue reading “Instagram will no longer notify about screenshot alerts for stories”
Instagram today has announced that it is expanding shopping ability beyond Feed to Instagram Stories. On Instagram Stories, when you see a sticker with a shopping bag icon, you can now tap on it to see more details about that product. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you shop directly from Stories”
