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December 9, 2024
Instagram update: IG is constantly renewing itself by adding features and changing some of its core preferences in its battle to stay relevant. Recently, we witnessed some exciting innovations, such as In-aid of hearing, Parental supervision options, and more. However, Instagram is not stopping, and some changes are more dramatic than others. Instagram has announced several significant changes that will soon enter the platform in the past few months, and we can’t wait (Check out number 3 in particular). So what changes are expected on Instagram? Here are five Instagram updates you should know about.
Instagram has recently started testing a new feature called Instagram Communities. The new feature enables users to establish their close-knit communities, similar to today’s Facebook groups. Instagram will allow users to design their community pages, decide on the groups’ privacy preferences, and more. This will enable different Instagram users to connect around a common interest and debate it. As of now, this possibility is open for just a handful of users and is expected to be available to all of the trial checks out.
As we all know, Instagram is feeling a lot of competition from Tik Toks’ direction in the video apps arena. In response to Tik Tok’s success, Instagram copied one of Tik Toks’ key features. Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, has announced that Instagram users will gradually start seeing a significant design change on the platform: A full-screen vertical display of Instagram posts. Does it mean that we will soon have to use vertical resolution visuals? How would we see our old 1080 by 1080 images? As of now, all of these questions remain unsolved.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (Instagram’s owners), has announced that Instagram will soon enable the use of verified NFTs on the platform Starting this week. It seems that Instagram users who own NFTs will be able to send them as stickers on D.M. In doing so, Instagram will join Twitter, who also enables the use of verified NFTs: Twitter currently allows its users to display their NFTs as hexagon profile pictures.
As you all probably know, when you try to upload a story, Instagram will divide the video into segments of 15 seconds at most. However, as Instagram is becoming more and more a video app than an image app, it has implemented more suitable video content features. One of these changes is the possibility of 60-seconds story segments instead of 15. As of now, this possibility is in the trial stages, but it’s expected to be open to everybody shortly.
Instagram is currently allowing (U.S. users only) to not just tag people but to tag product brands in its content. When you tag a product, the users that see your post will be able to see the product’s details. Instagram basically realized the vast potential of connecting its platform with tagging products directly, which will allow users to buy those products more quickly when they see them on Instagram.
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