As of iOS 14.5, you can share lyrics from Apple Music via iMessage and Instagram Stories, as first discovered by MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci.
You can now share Apple Music lyrics over iMessage or as Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories
Instagram gains Stories Map, monthly calendar view, custom icons and more
Instagram is celebrating its tenth anniversary today— boy, time sure flies! As part of the birthday celebration, the company is rolling out a few new features to users globally.
How to share Apple Music songs on Instagram and Facebook Stories
The Apple Music app on iPhone and iPad lets you share songs and albums to Instagram Stories or Facebook Stories in a beautiful, interactive manner. In this tutorial, we'll quickly show you how to do that!
For better or worse, Facebook-to-Instagram cross-posting is coming
After adding cross-posting of Instagram Stories to Facebook three and a half years ago, the social networking behemoth is apparently testing a new option that would allow you to cross-post your existing Facebook Story as an Instagram Story with a click.
WhatsApp testing posting statuses directly to Facebook, Instagram and other apps
WhatsApp Status, an Instagram Stories-like ephemeral sharing feature, may soon let you republish your status directly to a story on Facebook, or send it to an app of your choice.
Netflix for iOS picks up a handy new Instagram Stories share option
This integration began rolling out in Netflix for iOS today
You can now share your favorite movies and television shows on Netflix to your Instagram Stories. That's because the video-streaming company today updated its mobile app for iPhone and iPad with tappable artwork when watching movies or TV shows.
According to Variety, sharing your favorite movies and television shows from Netflix on Instagram Stories is pretty straightforward. Just select the title of your choice within Netflix's iOS app and use the Share feature to send it to Instagram, just like that.
From there, you can add the artwork to a Story or share it directly with your contacts. Netflix artworks in Instagram Stories also link back to Netflix.
This feature works with both original and licensed content.
We’re always on the lookout for ways to make it easier for members to share the Netflix titles they’re obsessing about and help them discover something new to watch. We hope our members enjoy this new feature!
This is possible thanks to Instagram's Stories API that became available in May 2018. Some of the other apps that take advantage of Instagram integration include Spotify and Soundcloud.
This feature is available in Instagram for iOS starting today. They're working on bringing this integration to Android but no time frame was provided at press time.
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How to prevent people from sharing your Instagram Stories
You share your Instagram Stories with friends, family, and others you know. But that doesn’t mean you want your stories shared with people you’ve never met.
Here’s how to prevent people from sharing your Instagram Stories with others in the app and on the website.
How to post longer videos to your Instagram Stories
If you sometimes upload videos to your Instagram stories, you have probably run into the 15-second limitation. That means that no matter what the length of the video you're posting to your story, Instagram will automatically crop it to a maximum duration of 15 seconds.
This is great for shorter videos, but what happens if you want to post a video that is longer than this 15-second limit?
Instagram will soon let you upload multiple photos/videos to your Stories, all at once
Instagram is launching some solid improvements to Stories uploads.
Infinite Stories app lets you create Instagram Stories with transitions, music & more
Not only does Instagram limit your Stories to 15 seconds each, it also prevents you from using videos older than 24 hours or landscape videos without being cropped automatically.
How to screenshot Instagram stories without sending a notification
Instagram has been testing a new feature to notify users when someone takes a screenshot of their stories. Similar to what Snapchat has been doing for a while, this new privacy feature aims at increasing the privacy of users will likely roll out to all users eventually.
Instagram will soon let you add photos and videos “of any size” to your Stories
Instagram has recently promised that its mobile app for iPhone and iPad will soon bring users the ability to upload photos and videos “of any size” to their Stories in order to avoid losing parts of an image or removing a person out of a group video.