After introducing a stream of new features since the past few months, Instagram has launched yet another new feature in the style of walkie-talkie voice messaging. Users will now be able to communicate in their direct messages by sending and receiving audio messages similar to what’s available on WhatsApp. The feature is certainly not new in the App business, but Instagram wants to help users have conversations faster and in a more convenient way. Read More
Now You Can Share Stories Only With ‘Close Friends’ On Instagram
Did you ever feel like not sharing some of your more personal stuff across all your followers? Well, you are in luck now as Instagram has introduced a new feature that will allow you to share certain stories with your close friends only. This means that you can make a group of your friends and decide to send the stories to only them without having all your followers view them. Read More
Instagram Is Coming Up With A New Profile Page Design
Instagram is working on a refreshed profile page design, which will start to show up for all users soon. The company’s emphasis on a new profile page shows that the user’s profile counts more than the likes and follows they receive. Instagram made this announcement on their Blog page and said they wan’t people to be well connected with other and express more to other through their profile. Read More
Instagram Is Cleaning Up The ‘Fake Likes And Follows’ Mess
Instagram is taking strict steps to improve the authenticity of the photo-sharing platform and the company has started purging all the fake likes and follows on several profiles. There are many accounts who usually get the help from third-party sources to create more engagement and interactions. This will now see a dead end because it goes against the company’s new policy that states ‘violating the platform’s Community Guidelines and Terms of Use.’ Read More
Instagram Is Working On Hindi Language For Indian Users
Instagram is testing new ways to reach the non-english crowd in India, and is planning to introduce the Hindi language support on the popular photo sharing platform soon. This move is aimed at reaching a wider crowd across the remote areas of India. The App currently has a total of 241 million monthly active users who make up a large part of the business for the company. Read More
Instagram Adds Browser Notification Support
For Instagram users who use the App on the browser, the company is now adding support for notifications and you will be notified on the browser just like the Instagram’s App. Reports show that the support for Chrome has already been added and the other browsers like Firefox and Safari have also been confirmed to have this feature. Read More
New Update On Instagram Makes Shopping Easier
We have been looking at reports of Instagram launching a standalone app for shopping, and looks like the company is making the shop feature more widely open to the users of Instagram with the latest update. This feature will let the sellers add a shopping tag to their merchandise in the Explore page which will help the regular users to view the items and purchase directly from there. Read More
Instagram Is Testing ‘Recommended Posts’ Feature
You Can Now Send Private Polls Through Instagram DMs
The poll feature is pretty popular on every user’s Instagram stories and now the facebook-owned social media app has made the poll feature available via DMs. It’s not a big update but it will be useful for users who want to poll a small group of relevant people like family members or some party group. Read More
