Instagram says it's working to bring back the chronological feed sometime in early 2022

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Ever miss the days of seeing your Instagram feed in chronological order? You might finally get your wish. Instagram's head Adam Mosseri claims the company is actively working on bringing the chronological feed option back into the app. Mosseri testified before the US Congress today, which focused on the app's impact on children. A topic that keeps resurfacing is how addictive it could be for users. One aspect that makes it that way is the algorithm, which surfaces what you want to see (or what it thinks you want to see).

Mosseri said that Instagram has been "actively working on" bringing a chronological option "for months," and it hopes to launch the feature sometime "in the first quarter of next year." If you used Instagram before 2016, you have seen your feed in chronological order. It was that year when the company switched to the algorithmic option. 

Source: 9to5Mac

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