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 Story screenshot alerts
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.
How to prevent Instagram from broadcasting your online status to friends
Facebook-owned Instagram is pilfering a feature from Messenger and WhatsApp that makes stalking people a lot easier. It's enabled by default, but can thankfully be turned off at will.
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.
How to send live videos in Instagram Direct
Instagram for iPhone version 26.0 brought out a new, very useful capability for those times when you'd like to send your own or someone else's live video broadcast to a friend or a group of friends through the app's built-in messaging service, called Direct.
You can now follow specific hashtags in your main Instagram feed
Instagram announced this morning that the ability to follow specific hashtags from the main feed is now available to users of its mobile app for iPhone.
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 keeps after Snapchat with new Remix feature for replying to friend’s photos
In a press release posted to the company's website, Instagram has announced upcoming changes to version 24 of its iPhone and Android app. You will now be able to reply and "remix" pictures friends have sent you, including adding stickers, text and drawings.
This tweak disables the bothersome screenshot banners in several apps
A developing trend inside of App Store apps is to display an in-house notification banner anytime you snap a screenshot from within those apps. Although they’re supposed to make sharing things more accessible, some people don’t find the provided sharing options useful.
A whole host of recent jailbreak tweaks responded to these banners in apps like Instagram and Spotify, but a new free release called KillinAppsScreenshot by iOS developer CydiaGeek strives to become the ultimate all-in-one solution to disable these annoying banners in every one of your apps.
This tweak lets you save images from your Instagram feed
Have you ever wished that Instagram offered a way to save images or videos from your feed directly to your Camera Roll? If yes, then we’re right there with you. Unfortunately, Instagram isn’t likely to add this feature anytime soon.
Jailbreakers, on the other hand, can get this feature up and running from their Instagram app right now with the help of a new free jailbreak tweak called Instagram Down Image by iOS developer Yutao Lan.
ShyInstaShot disables the screenshot sharing banner in the Instagram app
Many apps are now following a new trend where taking a screenshot will yield an in-house notification for sharing it. We’ve seen this in apps like Amazon and Spotify, and now Instagram is doing it too.
If you’d like to disable this banner in the Instagram app to keep it from appearing whenever you take a screenshot of someone’s post, then we’d recommend a new jailbreak tweak called ShyInstaShot by iOS developer CydiaGeek.