Instagram recently celebrated its anniversary on October 6. As the company continues to grow, Meta’s app has introduced new features to appeal to Generation Z. Instagram will soon start testing the new features and may launch them in the coming months. The new creative features include birthday reminders, audio notes, selfie video notes, and multiple lists for stories. According to the company, these features will help the newer generation express their creativity on the app and share content more easily.
At a Meta event in Delhi, the company unveiled new Instagram features specifically targeted at GenZ.
Four new features on Instagram for GenZ users
The first characteristic is Birthday. Instagram already lets users celebrate the birthdays of their loved ones. With the new feature, the app also allows users to help their friends remember their birthdays. They can do this by adding new photos or effects such as confetti to their profile photo.
Instagram now also makes it easy for users to add notes. It can be an audio note or a selfie video note. Notes have become popular on the app, allowing users to quickly share updates with each other. It’s available in the DM section at the top of the posts. The new Audio notes This feature allows users to create a voice recording as a note Selfie video notes makes it easy to record a short video as a note for 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the Multiple lists in stories is touted by the app as the most anticipated feature. Until now, users could create a list of their close friends with whom they wanted to select Stories. However, now users can create multiple lists in Stories, such as one for their college friends, another for their office friends, and so on. By creating multiple lists, users can separate the selection of people who can view a particular story.
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