TechSoftwareAppsInstagram just got a great free video upgradeThe battle between Instagram and TikTok continues with the addition of a very TikTok-esque featureWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsInstagram just got a great free video upgradeThe battle between Instagram and TikTok continues with the addition of a very TikTok-esque featureWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The battle between Instagram and TikTok continues with the addition of a very TikTok-esque feature
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Getty)
(Image credit: Getty)
Instagram has just announced an important new video upgrade. The social network (andThreads) boss Adam Mosseri posted to hisbroadcast channelthis week that a feature previously only available to US users is now rolling out worldwide.
The feature has been tested in the US for a while, and it’s a handy one for those of us who often want to show someone else a reel but can’t remember what it was called or who posted it. Any reel you download will be watermarked to show the name of the account it was downloaded from.
If you’re thinking that the feature sounds awfully like the downloading feature that TikTok offers, you’re not wrong: Instagram’s parent company Meta has made it very clear that it sees TikTok as a key rival, and while it’s fun to watchThreadsmopping up ex-Twitter users TikTok is clearly of much more importance to Meta than Musk’s burning platform.
When will you get the new Instagram feature?
Don’t be entirely surprised if you encounter a few glitches as the feature is rolled out globally: it’s not currently working for me in the latest version of theiOSapp (I’m in the UK), and theFAQ section"Who can download your Instagram reels" has gone blank today, 23 November, instead of sharing the text it did yesterday.
The new downloading feature isn’t the only Instagram feature we’ve got this month. The newClose Friends feature was announced 10 days agoand ast week Mosseri announced new photo filters, new editing tools for Reels including undo and redo, new text to speech voices and a change to how replays are counted: repeat viewings are now counted in your views.
And there’s more to come. Instagram is also testing options including disabling “seen” statuses and using multiple audience lists. Between Instagram and Threads it’s clear that Meta is keeping its software engineers very busy.
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