Instagram Extends Live Stream Limit to 4 Hours; Announces Two New Features for Live
4 years, 1 month ago

Instagram Extends Live Stream Limit to 4 Hours; Announces Two New Features for Live

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Instagram has announced new updates for live videos on the platform. The Facebook-owned photo sharing platform took to Twitter to announce the three new features for its Instagram Live feature. The three new features announced by Instagram are the ability to go live for up to 4 hours, the ability to save Instagram Live videos for 30 days, and a new ‘Live Now’ section in the Instagram TV app and on Explore, in order to drive viewers towards live streams. The update brought many Facebook Messenger features to Instagram DMs and allowed users to use both messaging platforms in one single place. This came as Facebook’s first step towards a larger plan for creating a universal messaging service by integrating WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram DMs.

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Instagram launches live location sharing feature Like WhatsApp
4 weeks ago

Instagram launches live location sharing feature Like WhatsApp

The Hindu  

Instagram is rolling out a live location feature similar to WhatsApp that will be active for one hour and can be shared through direct messages so that people can find each other when they are meeting up in public. While WhatsApp supports sharing live locations for up to eight hours, the limit for Instagram’s own live location sharing feature is …

Instagram announces new Channels feature for users to message all followers
1 year, 10 months ago

Instagram announces new Channels feature for users to message all followers

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that Instagram was rolling out a new channel feature for content creators to message and chat with all of their followers at once, starting with select U.S.-based content creators before expanding to other creators on a waitlist. The idea of the channel is for followers who have joined it to be able to …

Instagram Is Shutting Down Separate IGTV App For Long Form Videos
2 years, 9 months ago

Instagram Is Shutting Down Separate IGTV App For Long Form Videos

News 18  

Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is shutting down its standalone app for Instagram TV and will instead focus on keeping all videos on the main Instagram app. The IGTV app, that was launched as Instagram’s competitor to YouTube, was not able to gain the popularity the company had hoped for when the app was first launched back in 2018. Instagram, …

Instagram to focus on video content, will no longer remain a photo-sharing app
3 years, 5 months ago

Instagram to focus on video content, will no longer remain a photo-sharing app

India Today  

Video content is becoming a thing on the Internet. With almost every social media app working towards prioritizing video content, soon there will be a dedicated video section in every app that you possibly in your phone. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri too is not content with Instagram being just a photo-sharing app. Right now we’re focused on four key areas: …

As Clubhouse Gains Popularity, Instagram Expands Live Rooms Capacity to Four People
3 years, 9 months ago

As Clubhouse Gains Popularity, Instagram Expands Live Rooms Capacity to Four People

News 18  

Facebook-owned photo sharing platform Instagram has launched a new Live Rooms feature that allows four people to video chat in a live broadcast. Going live with more people means that Live Rooms will attract a larger audience as well, as followers of everyone participating will see the Live Room and get notified depending on their settings. However, unlike Clubhouse, Instagram …

Facebook tests new feature to view Instagram stories on its news feed
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook tests new feature to view Instagram stories on its news feed

The Hindu  

Facebook is testing a new feature that will allow users to automatically share their Instagram stories on their Facebook accounts. Users will see stories from people they follow on Instagram within the existing stories section at the top of the Facebook news feed. “We’re testing a new feature that gives people the option to view stories from Instagram on Facebook, …

Facebook will let users merge Instagram and Messenger chats with new update
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook will let users merge Instagram and Messenger chats with new update

India Today  

Facebook has started merging Instagram and Messenger chats with the latest update. With the latest update, Instagram offers users an option to merge its chat feature or direct messages with Facebook messenger so that Instagram users can send messages across the Facebook Messenger platform. Other than combining chats from Instagram and Messenger, the new update also brings in features from …

Facebook starts merging Instagram and Messenger chats: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook starts merging Instagram and Messenger chats: Report

Live Mint  

Facebook has now began merging Instagram and Messenger chats to enable users to chat across both the platforms, according to a report. In the past two years, it re-branded Instagram and WhatsApp to increase users’ awareness that the apps are owned by Facebook, and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to integrate all the company’s messaging services. Additionally, …

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