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The latest Instagram news, updates, and user guides, all in one place. Digital Trends offers in-depth coverage of everything this social media platform, including helpful explainers for posting, using the right hashtags, and gathering a healthy following. Here’s everything you need to know about Instagram.
Prepare yourself for longer videos on Instagram. And oh, they’ll be in wide-screen view, too.
Instagram is testing Features, a new format for horizontal videos up to 90 minutes. The feature lets creators link short Reels to full-length podcasts, comedy videos, and other content.
Instagram’s new editing tool ‘First Draft’ turns your clips into a Reel in seconds
Instagram launched First Draft, a one-tap tool that automatically trims and assembles raw clips into a finished Reel in a few seconds.
Meta’s smart glasses are the latest weapon for school bullies
Teens are using Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to secretly film classmates and teachers at school, with the harassment disproportionately aimed at girls. Much of the footage stayed online until Futurism contacted Meta and TikTok directly.
Forget doomscrolling, Gen Z is now scrolling for birds on TikTok
Birdwatching is finding a younger audience on TikTok, where millions of views are helping Gen Z discover birds, wildlife and an increasingly popular outdoor hobby.
Meta promised to stop creepy AI glasses videos, but they’re still all over Instagram
Instagram said it would get tougher on harassment filmed with Meta’s AI glasses. A month later, plenty of those videos are apparently still slipping through.
Beeper just solved the headache of messaging the same person on four different apps
Beeper's latest update merges conversations with the same contact across different apps into one thread, adds Labels, polls, and CarPlay support.
Meta used AI to make your Instagram feed harder to quit
Instagram's latest AI recommendation systems have gotten better at predicting what you'll watch next, and Meta says that's translated into more time spent scrolling.
Instagram is finally going after Ray-Ban Meta-wearing creeps
Instagram has started banning accounts that post footage captured secretly using Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
Instagram is finally giving your old posts a soundtrack do-over
Instagram’s new Replace Audio feature allows users to swap music on existing feed posts and carousels while preserving their engagement
Hate editing videos? This new AI app turns your camera roll into ready-to-post reels
Reelful is an AI app that builds finished reels from your photos and clips, complete with voiceovers, captions, and music.
Instagram and WhatsApp lead in sextortion reports, iMessage is weaponized against teenagers: Report
Australia's online safety watchdog says Instagram and WhatsApp top the sextortion complaint list, while teens are being targeted through iMessage and Snapchat.
Meta just pulled its most controversial AI image generation feature days after launch
Meta pulled an AI image generation feature that let users create images from any public Instagram account by default.
Meta’s addictive Instagram and Facebook design could lead to billions in fines and a forced redesign
The European Commission says Meta failed to protect users, especially teens, from Instagram and Facebook's addictive design, and the company could face massive fines.
Instagram is letting people generate AI images of you. Here’s how to stop it.
Instagram's new Muse AI lets anyone use your photos to generate AI images and videos, and you're opted in by default. Here's how to find the setting and turn it off before someone else uses your face without asking.
Meta’s new AI can generate images of you from your Instagram, and you’re opted in
Meta's Muse Image lets anyone use your public Instagram photos to generate AI images of your likeness, without notifying you, and it's switched on by default.
Meta’s new image and video AI tools let you turn Instagram into your creative mood board
Meta's Muse Image is live now on meta.ai, Instagram, and WhatsApp with agentic image generation, and Instagram-handle prompting.
Meta under scrutiny after Instagram approved child abuse advertisements in India
Instagram approved and displayed advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material in India before removing them following an investigation.
TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are failing kids with broken safety features, research finds
A new study tested 86 child safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, and found that more than half were broken, buried, or missing entirely.
Instagram is testing a more convenient way to tune recommendations
Instagram is testing new shortcuts for Your Algorithm, making it easier for users to adjust recommendations while browsing Feed and Reels.
Instagram lands on Samsung TVs, with episodic series and live TV coming to your screen soon
Meta is testing interest-based channels, phone-to-TV casting, and a horizontal video hub as Instagram for TV expands beyond Samsung's launch.
Your Instagram photo dumps just got a caption for every single slide
Instagram now lets you add a unique caption to each of up to 20 carousel slides, rolling out to all users starting today.
Android 17: Everything we know so far
Android 17 is in its final pre-release stages and could release anytime soon. Before it goes official, here’s everything you need to know about it.
Yet another study finds too many kids are seeing harmful content on social media
A Molly Rose Foundation study found 34% of UK teens encountered suicide, self-harm, or eating disorder content on social media in a single week, barely unchanged from before the Online Safety Act took effect.
Facebook and Messenger outage sparks logout panic as Meta services stumble
A brief Meta outage logged users out of Facebook and Messenger, sent Downdetector complaints surging, and also affected Instagram while Threads remained less clear in available reports.
Instagram’s new voice message effects let you sound like a pirate, a grandma, or a World Cup fan
Instagram is expanding its AI-powered effects for voice notes to more users, growing the feature from eight effects at its India launch in March to 15, including a new Goal! filter tied to the FIFA World Cup.
You can now tell Instagram’s algorithm exactly what you want to see on your main feed
Instagram is giving users real control over their feeds with Your Algorithm, a feature that lets you add and remove topics across the whole app.
Instagram finally lets you rearrange your profile grid any way you want
You can now rearrange your Instagram profile grid any way you like, with no limits on how many times you reorder your posts.