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GIF search is coming to Instagram Stories via Giphy integration
Instagram will soon let you jazz up up your story-telling on the platform by allowing you to overlay transparent-background GIF stickers onto their Stories via Giphy integration.
Instagram is testing Story screenshot alerts
Instagram is currently trialing a new privacy-focused feature with a small percentage of its users that would alert them via a notification when someone took a screenshot of their Story.
Instagram is testing a new text-only feature for Stories, called Type
Aside from quietly rolling out a new online status feature in Direct that will be great for stalkers, Instagram has reportedly been working on a text-only capability for Stories, called Type.
Instagram testing ability to cross-post Stories to WhatsApp
Instagram has begun allowing some users to cross-post their Stories to WhatsApp, reports TechCrunch. The Facebook-owned company has confirmed to the site that it's testing a new feature that allows users to post their Instagram Stories to WhatsApp as a Status.
Instagram rolls out Highlights and Archive for your Stories
Instagram on Tuesday announced it's rolling out a pair of new features in its popular mobile app for iPhone that make it easy and fun to hold on to your favorite moments from Stories and share them in ways that help you express yourself better than before.
Instagram is testing Regram button, GIF search, emoji suggestions, iOS beta program & more
Instagram is secretly testing a Regram button with a subset of its user base, as well as many other features coming to the platform, such as a Stories archive and closest friends lists.
Instagram Stories can now include media captured more than 24 hours ago
Instagram on Wednesday announced that it's lifting restrictions which limited you to using photos and images in your Stories captured up to 24 hours ago.
Instagram rolling out cross-posting Stories to Facebook
After testing it with a small subset of users in Portugal last month, Instagram is now widely rolling out a new feature that lets you cross-post your Instagram Stories to Facebook Stories.
Instagram Stories come to the web
Instagram announced on Thursday that it is bringing Instagram Stories to the web. The feature, which is slowly rolling out to users around the globe, will let anyone view their friends' stories on both mobile and desktop. Additionally, the company noted that users will also be able to post stories from the mobile web in the coming months.
You can now reply to Instagram Stories with photos and videos
Instagram today announced that users of its popular photo-sharing service can now reply to Stories from people they follow with photos and videos. “From selfies to Boomerangs, now you can be even more fun and playful when you respond to friends,” said the company.
The new feature requires Instagram version 10.28 for iOS.
To reply to a Story with a photo or a video, hit the new camera button that appears while you're watching a Story. If you don't see the icon, the feature has not launched yet in your country.
Like with regular posts, you can pretty up your reply using Instagram's creative tools, allowing you to use face filters, stickers and the Rewind feature. “Replies also include a sticker of the Story that you can move around and resize,” said Instagram.
You'll get a message via Direct when someone replies to your Story with a photo or a video.
You can tap the message to view the reply and also see a sticker of the original story that’s only visible to you. As with disappearing media in Direct, your friends will know when you’ve taken a screenshot (Android only) or replayed a reply.
To learn more about these new features, be sure to check out Instagram's Help Center.
Instagram for iPhone and iPad is available free from App Store.
Instagram launches new features for stickers as Stories daily active users surpass Snapchat
As part of Instagram version 10.16 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, several new features for stickers are now available to users within the photo-sharing app.
For example, you can now turn your selfie into a sticker and pin it to a specific spot in your video, access your recently-used stickers with a simple swipe, use geostickers in four new cities, enable a countdown timer when capturing a video and more.
According to the firm, Instagram's Stories has more daily active users than Snapchat as over 200 million people are now using Instagram Stories on a daily basis.