Articles tagged "Instagram"

Instagram has announced a new app designed for the big screen, aptly named Instagram for TV. At the moment, the app is limited to watching Reels, though the company says additional features are in...

Today, Instagram has announced that it's allowing you to see and control your Reels algorithm for the first time. You just tap the icon showing two lines with hearts located in the upper right...

Instagram is doing something weird with hashtags. More and more people are starting to get a notice when they try to add more than three hashtags to a post. That notice basically says you can only...

Today Meta has announced that ad-free subscriptions for both Facebook and Instagram are going to become available in the UK "over the coming weeks". These will give you the option to pay a fee to...

No need to pinch yourself, you're not dreaming - today Instagram has finally launched its iPad app. Seriously, it's not April Fools, we promise. The company notes that "people have asked for this...

Today Instagram has announced some new features, including Repost, which is basically Twitter's Retweet. You can repost public reels and feed posts, and your reposts will be recommended to your...

WhatsApp is being added to Meta's Accounts Center "over the next few months". Once this is done, you will be able to automatically post your WhatsApp Statuses as Facebook and Instagram...

Earlier today the US Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok in the US unless it sells by January 19. With the deadline fast approaching and no deal in sight, the app has promised to fully...

Instagram is adding some new features today, including support for sharing your live location over DM "in select countries" (that aren't named). This works for up to one hour at a time. You can also...

Meta AI is expanding its reach to six more countries today. Alongside the UK, it's also newly available in Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paraguay, and the Philippines, including support for Tagalog....

Instagram is now letting you easily add text onto your photos. Not just that, but you can also add a picture on top of a picture as a sticker. This also applies to carousels. The company says...

Instagram has quietly upped its limit for carousel posts to 20 items. That means those “photo dump” posts on your feed will now include even more images and videos. This update doubles the previous...

Today Instagram is introducing a way for you to limit interactions with anyone who isn't on your close friends list. This means you will only see comments, DMs, story replies, tags, and mentions from...

Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, announced on Threads that the company is expanding its mute filters to apply to more parts of the app than before. Called Hidden Words, the feature had so far...

Instagram direct messages (DMs) are getting a bunch of new features. First up, editing - this can be done up to 15 minutes after a message is sent. To edit a message, simply press and hold on it and...

Meta launched Threads in early July and as curious Instagram users signed up for the new text-oriented service, it grew to 100 million users in just five days. However, users quickly realized that...

There’s an old saying “if you're not paying for the product, then you’re the product” and Meta is now offering users in Europe more control over their data with no ad targeting on Facebook and...

Meta is rolling out a new foldable-optimized Instagram app update for the Galaxy Z Fold devices which fixes the weird aspect ratio and layout seen in previous releases. The updated UI positions the...

Instagram launched Threads in October 2019 as a standalone app to chat with Instagram Close Friends, but that app is unavailable now since Meta launched a new Threads app last week as its Twitter...

Meta promised to launch Threads, its answer to Twitter, on July 6. Today, the social media surprisingly went live, and now everyone can view content. However, the full features of the new platform...