Instagram has just announced, including a series of interactive stickers. The music track is perhaps the most interesting as it is an extension of. The Add Yours Music sticker allows users to share their favorite songs and encourages followers to join in the fun by sharing their own related tracks. Of course, the song must already be in Instagram’s music library for it to work.
To that end, Instagram teamed up with Dua Lipa to promote her new album. Radical optimism. Many of the album’s songs can be used in this way, and the artist herself has posted stories with “Add Your Music” stickers.
Another nifty sticker added today is called Reveal. Choosing this sticker will blur the visual representation of a Story post and the only way for followers to see the content is to send a direct message to the person who shared it. Direct messages have become a key factor in Instagram’s continued growth. The site’s director, Adam Mosseri, explained that teenagers actually spend more time in direct messages than anywhere else on the platform.
He also says that “virtually all” engagement growth in recent years has come from DMs and Stories. . So, yes, this will definitely be used as a trick by savvy YouTubers who want to increase their engagement. The thirst traps will be thirstier and trappier than ever before.
Instagram also unveiled a sticker called Frames. This tool places a Polaroid-like overlay over a photo and turns it into an instant print image. To reveal the contents, followers must channel Andre 3000 and shake their phones like a Polaroid picture, although there is also a button. Creators can add captions that also appear when shaken. This feature was originally revealed at.
Finally, there is a feature called Cutouts. This tool turns any part of a video or photo in your camera roll into a sticker that can then be placed on a Story or Reel. Once a cutout is created, it is saved in an easily accessible sticker compartment for future use. This also works with photos posted to Instagram, but the images must be shared from public accounts.
This was a big month of changes for Instagram. In addition to the new sticker systems mentioned above, the social media app aims to increase original content and de-emphasize aggregator accounts. The company has also changed the way Reels works to give smaller accounts the opportunity to expand their reach. However, it remains unclear how this works. Instagram has also recently created some confident but completely wrong answers to questions.