Instagram Enhances Notes Feature with Video Statuses and Multimedia Replies
Users can now post two-second looping videos and respond with audio, photo, video, GIFs, and stickers, expanding the platform's interactive capabilities.
- Instagram has updated its Notes feature to allow users to post two-second looping video statuses, visible to mutual followers and Close Friends for 24 hours.
- Video Notes can only be created using the front-facing camera and must be captured in the Instagram app.
- Alongside video Notes, Instagram has also introduced multimedia replies to Notes, including audio, photo, video, GIFs, and stickers.
- Instagram's Notes feature, launched in December 2022, was initially seen as a potential competitor to Twitter, allowing users to communicate using text statuses.
- The addition of video and multimedia replies to Notes is seen as a move to enhance user engagement and creativity on the platform.