Instagram is giving users in the EU more control over what they see on the platform. Parent company, Meta made the announcement today, alongside new features it is introducing in Europe as it works towards complying with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). “We’re now …
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Instagram Now Lets You Add Music to Photo Carousels
Instagram is expanding on how users add music to feed posts. On Friday, in partnership with American pop star Olivia Rodrigo, the company showcased the new feature that lets users add music to photo carousels. There are also new updates to Instagram Collabs and the …
Instagram’s New Feature is Making DM Spam More Difficult
Instagram is rolling out a feature to restrict unwanted images and videos in DMs. The company began testing the feature in late June but is now ready to release it, TechCrunch reports. In addition to existing privacy tools, including “Hidden Words”, which lets users block …
Instagram’s Threads Surpasses 100 Million Users in Just Five Days
It is still early days, but Threads is here to stay, and Elon Musk should be worried. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the text-based app had reached 100 million signups in just five days since its launch last Wednesday. Zuckerberg shared the …
Instagram Rolls Out GIF Comments in Posts and Reels to All Users
If you thought seeing GIFs in comments on Instagram was annoying, it’s about to get even messier. On Wednesday, Meta announced that it is rolling out GIF comments on posts and Reels to everyone globally. The feature was available only to a few users in …
Instagram Now Lets You Add Up to Five Links to Your Profile
Instagram is rolling out multiple links in bio worldwide. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on Tuesday on his broadcast channel. “You can now add up to five links in your Instagram bio,” he shared. “Probably one of the most requested features we’ve had.” …
Meta Announces $12 a Month Paid Verification for Facebook and Instagram
After seeing Elon Musk turn Twitter’s verification feature into a paid service, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a similar service for Facebook and Instagram. On Sunday, Zuckerberg announced Meta Verified on his Instagram broadcast channel, and it will cost $11.99 per month on the …
Instagram Announces Broadcast Channels for Creators
Instagram on Thursday announced “broadcast channels,” a “public, one-to-many messaging tool for creators to directly engage their followers at scale.” The feature is still being tested among a small group of creators in the US before a large-scale rollout. Instagram users can join their favourite …
Instagram Rolls out Notes, Group Profiles and More Features
Instagram is rolling out some new features it is bringing to the social media platform. Notes, a new way for users to share their thoughts, is coming to the app with other features like Candid Stories and Group Profiles. Starting with Notes, people can now …
Instagram is Working on a Tool to Prevent Unsolicited Nude Photos
Online sexual harassment is a nuisance on social media, and Instagram is working on a tool to combat this. In a screenshot tweeted by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Instagram is working on a “nudity protection” feature for DMs and “technology on your device covers photos …
You Can Now Cross-post a Reel from Instagram to Facebook
Despite the recent criticism Instagram has attracted for trying to be like TikTok, the company is pressing on by adding new features to Reels. In a video shared on Tuesday, company head Adam Mosseri said Instagram will be rolling out a cross-post feature for Reels …
Instagram Will Begin Testing Ultra-Tall Photos to Match with Reels
After announcing it would pull back the full-screen feed mode it was testing in July, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the company will soon start testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos “in a week or two.” The company head made the announcement during his weekly Q&A. “You …
Instagram to Rollback Full-screen Feed and Recommendations
After attracting widespread criticism from users for testing a new TikTok-like full-screen feed, Instagram is rolling back the changes for now. Company head Adam Mosseri told Platformer that the changes will be phased out “over next one to two weeks.” This is coming after Mosseri …
Instagram Will Continue Being More Video-Centric
If you are fed up with how Instagram is changing from what it used to be, you might have to stop using the application. In a video shared on Twitter, Instagram head Adam Mosseri says “more and more” of what used to be a photo-sharing …
Instagram is Expanding Creator Subscriptions with New Features
Instagram is adding new features to creator subscriptions it began testing among a limited number of creators in the US in January. In a video shared on Twitter, Instagram head, Adam Mosseri said the creator subscriptions have since been expanded to “tens of thousands” of …
Online Video Downloads from Instagram can bring you Followers
Social network apps are a huge source of video content and you can boost your profile even if you don’t shoot a video or photo from scratch. Especially Instagram, and TikTok, are the main other sources where video can help you earn millions and attract …