Instagram Reportedly Testing Feature to Allow Users to View Story Highlights From a Week Ago

Instagram could quickly permit customers to view older tales from individuals they comply with that they’ve missed within the first 24 hours. A latest report advised that the Meta-owned social media website is testing a characteristic permitting customers to view Story Highlights from mutual followers for per week after they had been posted. This characteristic will reportedly apply solely to tales that the unique poster has added to Highlights. Meta is claimed to be reportedly testing this characteristic with a small group of individuals at the moment.

Instagram Testing New Story Highlights Viewing Characteristic

In keeping with a TechCrunch report, Instagram has began displaying some customers unseen Story Highlights from their mutual followers. A Meta spokesperson has confirmed the testing of the brand new Story viewing characteristic. It’s mentioned to have been first spotted by social media skilled Ahmed Ghanem.

With this characteristic, Instagram customers will be capable of view unseen Story Highlights from the previous week. It seems on the finish of the Story tray, which is positioned on the prime of the feed. You may solely attain the older Story Highlights after you have gone by the remainder of the tales in your feed. In case your feed is flooded with tales from individuals you comply with and also you by no means attain the top of the present Story updates, it might be that you just by no means get to see the older Story Highlights.

One other notable component relating to this characteristic is that it solely contains Story Highlights that the unique poster has saved to their profiles as a “Spotlight.” Customers won’t be able to see customary older tales that disappear after 24 hours. That is anticipated to make sure that customers miss much less of the updates from their social circle amidst rising sponsored posts and different on-line content material. 

The characteristic is at the moment being examined with a small group of individuals. It’s going to quickly be out there to all Instagram customers globally.

The Meta-owned social networking website not too long ago quietly rolled out a characteristic which permits Instagram customers to schedule direct messages. Customers can schedule text-only messages over DMs and it’s out there for each iOS and Android customers.