Instagram News & Updates

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Instagram Stories and Direct Gets Selfie Stickers, Custom Geostickers, and More

Instagram has announced a new update for its Instagram Stories and Instagram Direct bringing in more stickers and editing options. The big highlight among them is the ability to make your own selfie a sticker, and pinning them in videos if you wish to. Other features include custom geostickers or new cities, and a separate favourite tab for stickers for easy searchability.

These updates are available as part of Instagram version 10.16 for iOS in the App Store and version 10.16.1 for Android in Google Play. The selfie sticker feature lets you make your own selfie into a sticker for pinning on your photos. "When you take a photo or video and tap the smiley face, you'll see a new sticker with a camera icon that lets you capture a mini-selfie. Before or after capturing, tap to apply different frame styles: fade or circle. Put your selfie sticker anywhere, adjust the size and use as many other creative tools as you want.

Instagram Stories and Direct Gets Selfie Stickers, Custom Geostickers, and More | NDTV Gadgets360.com

 

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At Facebook's developer conference F8 on Tuesday, Instagram is testing offline support for its Android app. With this support, users will be able to browse through Instagram's preloaded feed and can even like or save posts even without Internet access. As one might expect, this support has only been announced for the beta version of the Android app as of now, but it should make its way to iOS at some point as well.

Instagram Is Testing Offline Mode for Android | NDTV Gadgets360.com

 

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This means lots of data use.

 

[rahul1117kumar]

Instagram has added the ability to upload images from its mobile website. The move comes from the Facebook owned photo and video sharing app as it targets users from countries with expensive data and slower internet speeds. According to TechCrunch , Instagram was testing this functionality since March.

Until now, users could only upload an image to Instagram using the dedicated mobile app. Now, you can share photos and videos by heading to the Instagram.com mobile website from your mobile browser. It must be noted that the functionality is limited only to mobile browsers and has not expanded to desktop version of Instagram. Mobile web users can also browse through feeds and profiles, search, and even find posts with the Explore tab. You can also discover people, keep a track of your activity and much more.

Instagram adds ability to upload photos and videos from its mobile website

 

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Instagram rolls out "archive" feature
Instagram is rolling out a new "archive" feature that will let the users hide any of their posts from everyone else but keeping them safe to look at in private and/or restore to visibility.
When Instagrammers do not get the traction they want from their posts, they delete the content which also deprives Instagram of monetisable content. The company is now launching this feature "to keep you locked into the service", Tech Crunch reported on Monday.
"We are always testing new ways to improve the Instagram experience," a company spokesperson said.
He said the "archive" option creates a private space for personal viewing of old posts.
The company will expand the availability of the archive option over the next few months as it continues to iterate on it.
To use the "archive" option (if you have access), a user needs to tap the "…" button on any of his/her posts and select to archive it.
On top right corner of the profile, he/she will see the encircled clock icon, which opens archive where only the user can see posts which were archived. From there these posts can be restored.

 

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Keep the conversation going with comment threads

 

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Now you can reply with a photo or video to specific photos, videos, and reshared posts in Direct. Your reply will automatically include a sticker of what you’re replying to. Just hit “reply” to open the camera, take a selfie, and send.

New Ways to Reply with Photos and Videos

 

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‪Instagram now autoplays video sound once turned on until you close the app

 

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Instagram adds two-option polls to Stories because otherwise you'll never know if people like you

 

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Instagram Stories launches cross-posting to Facebook Stories