Instagram starts rolling out live test of 60-second Stories

Instagram was spotted testing longer videos for its Stories. And now, it looks like a live test is being conducted. If this feature goes live, longer clips shared in the Stories will no longer be split into 15-second segments.  According to Instagram, the company is testing this option with a small group of users. The goal is to streamline the app's different video tools and functions, which Social Media Today pointed out will need to compete against TikTok.

Meta will delay Facebook, Instagram message encryption to 2023

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Meta was initially scheduled to release end-to-end encrypted messaging on Facebook Messenger and Instagram as soon as next year. But now, we learn that this plan is delayed to "sometime in 2023." The company delivered the update through a commentary Meta's safety head Antigone Davis wrote for The Telegraph. Davis wrote they're taking the extra time to "get this right."

The company said it is working with privacy and safety experts, governments, and civil society to work on this feature so that privacy and safety will work hand in hand. Davis writes about Meta's approaches to detect abuse and prevent harm proactively, including looking at suspicious patterns of activities on non-encrypted data and user reports. 

Via: Engadget

Instagram on iOS will finally let you delete photos, videos in a carousel

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One long-overdue feature on Instagram is arriving on iOS first. Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed on Twitter that Instagram will now let you delete a photo or video from a carousel post. You just need to tap on the three dots icon and then the edit button. You then need to swipe over to the photo or video you want to get rid of and tap the delete icon. As mentioned, it's rolling out to iOS first, but it's coming to Android soon.

Users in the US are getting a new "Rage Shake" feature, which is what it sounds like. If a feature on the app isn't working right, just shake the phone to have its bug report interface appear. That will help you inform Instagram about the issue. Mosseri says it'll help the company prioritize the bugs it needs to fix.

Source: Engadget

Instagram tries out options for what you're seeing on your main feed

Instagram has been experimenting with how its main feed will look to its users. App research Alessandro Paluzzi posted on Twitter screenshots showing a secret test the company has been testing since late October, where you can select what shows up on your main feed. The company has added more tweaks suggesting it's expected to make a public release.

Right now, Instagram's main feed shows you new posts from accounts you follow, plus suggested posts from hashtags and other accounts. This new feature lets you decide what you can see, whether that's only from people you follow or those you marked as favourites.

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