The Meta Verified price is on the high side, with Meta expecting you to purchase its new subscription separately on Instagram and Facebook.
Why and how to add alt text to your Instagram posts
Adding alt text to your images can improve their accessibility, searchability, and overall engagement. In this article, we will explore the reasons why you should be adding alt text to your Instagram posts, as well as the proper methods for doing so whether you're uploading a new picture or updating an old one.
Meta is working on letting you pinch to zoom on Instagram stories
Zooming in on Instagram stories with the familiar pinch gesture will make it easier to discern tiny text and examine image details in people's stories up close.
Instagram to lose the Shop tab, move the Create button back to the navigation bar
Instagram's navigation bar at the bottom will regain the extremely handy shortcut for creating content, front and center, whilst dropping the dedicated Shop tab.
What are Instagram Notes and how to use them
Learn how to use the Instagram Notes feature on your iPhone or Android phone to share 60-character text/emojis, song, and 2-second video that show up at the top of your friend's Instagram inbox.
IGTidyMediaSend prevents accidental media uploads to Instagram by making the user confirm
Jailbreakers who use the Instagram app to share media with others could benefit from a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called IGTidyMediaSend by iOS developer CydiaGeek.
Instagram’s updated web interface is the closest thing you’ll get to a native iPad app
The refreshed Instagram web app takes advantage of larger screens like your laptop instead of looking like a larger version of the mobile app.
How to turn off Instagram notifications about new Reels being shared
Are you tired of Instagram notifying you of new Reels shared by someone else? It's no secret that Instagram does this to nudge you to open its app and spend time there. But in most cases, those recently shared new Reels may not be interesting and certainly not worth a notification alert pushed to your iPhone.
To address this, you can easily turn off Instagram notifications about new Reels being shared.Â
Facebook and Instagram use a custom in-app browser to track users, according to analysis
While Apple continues to make moves when it comes to general user privacy and security, especially with iOS, there are still some areas where third-party companies can take advantage of the tools Apple has in place. For instance, a built-in web browser in apps like Facebook or Instagram, for instance, is still based on Apple's WebKit. But it sounds like Meta has still found a way to track users that use that third-party web browser instead of Safari.
TapHeartConfirm makes Instagram app users confirm before liking or unliking things
It’s very easy to accidentally like it unlike a post in your Instagram feed, and depending on the circumstances, the experience can be unnerving, or sometimes even esteem-shattering because the person on the other end of the like or unlike is likely to figure out it was you.
Instagram testing tall photos that fill the entire screen as you scroll in your feed
Instagram's test includes tall 9:16 aspect ratio photos that fill the entire screen of your iPhone as you scroll through your feed in the Meta-owned app.
Instagram’s mindless copying of TikTok is beginning to annoy people
As Meta's photo-sharing app continues to relentlessly copy TikTok's approach to video, its leader justifies pivoting away from Instagram's photo roots.