Friday, November 13, 2020 at 2:42PM 
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Instagram's first major redesign in years shows us what the social network's priorities are. The Reels and Shop features are getting tabs on the home screen, while the Likes tab and Create tab are relegated to the top right-hand corner of the app next to the direct messages inbox.
Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 7:46AM 
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Instagram is playing catchup with TikTok with the new features coming to Reels. This TikTok-like experience within Instagram will now let you save audio so you can use it to create what you want. Reels also now has an audio browser that gives you access to personalized recommendations and trending songs. It's also now possible to share audio pages in DMs. All these features are already available on TikTok. But if you're more of an Instagram user, you might appreciate these showing up on the Facebook-owned app.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9:00AM 
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On top of launching a new Stories Map, Instagram celebrates its 10th year by developing its anti-bullying features. The social network will automatically hide comments similar to those that have been reported. These comments won't be deleted entirely, though. You can still tap on the View Hidden Comments button to see them.
Instagram is also adding warnings for users who repeatedly post potentially offensive comments. Simultaneously, encouraging them to think twice before posting, an expansion to an initiative, started last year. The platform is testing these features out.
On a lighter note, for October, you can use the old Instagram app icons with this easter egg. It's accessible via a long swipe down on the settings menu.
Source: The Verge
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 8:22AM 
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In time for celebrating its 10th birthday, one of the new features Instagram is introducing will make it easier for you to go through your Stories' archive. A new private Stories Map will show your Stories archive in either calendar or map view. The map is for your eyes only, but, just like before, you can reshare posts you want to. If you wish to access the feature, head to the Archive menu on your user profile.
Instagram has started rolling it out to users. We haven't received the update yet, so you might need to be a bit patient if it hasn't made its way to you. The platform has also begun testing new anti-bullying features.
Source: The Verge
