Instagram May Soon Let You Add a Song to Your Profile 582y3l Feature Reportedly Being Tested

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Written by Anees Hussain, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 25 October 2022 13:35 IST

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Currently the feature is only an internal test prototype at Instagram

Highlights

Internal prototype leaked by Alessandro Paluzzi
Instagram spokesperson confirmed internal testing of the feature
Similar feature was first seen on Myspace

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Meta-owned social media platform Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature that will allow its s to add a featured song to their profile page. The feature is similar to what was first seen and made popular in the Myspace era - 2005 to 2008. The song will reportedly appear on the profile page below the 's bio. Screenshots posted by the tipster also suggest that visiting s are not allowed to play the featured song on the profile page, but this may change as the prototype feature develops further. An Instagram spokesperson also confirmed, in a comment, that the feature is an "internal prototype" at the moment.

The feature that allows s to add a feature song to their Twitter to post screenshots of the feature being put to action. However, the reported feature is not being tested externally, added an Instagram spokesperson.

According to Paluzzi, the feature in internal testing appears on the Instagram profile following the link in bio section. The developer demonstrated the feature by adding a song to his profile. As seen in the demonstration, s will be able to add the featured profile song in the edit profile section on their profiles.

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#Instagram is working on the ability to add a song to your profile 👀 pic.twitter.com/zX2jIlZLzc
— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) October 17, 2022

A similar feature was first made popular by Yahoo! as the most visited website in the US.

However, the Myspace era began to end in 2009, when Hinge and allow s to add songs to their profiles. Yet, if the prototype feature is eventually released to s publicly, it would be the first time the feature returns to popular mainstream social media since the end of the Myspace era.

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However, since the feature to add songs to a profile isn't being externally tested, there's no guarantee that Meta-owned Instagram will make this feature public. But s can find hope in the demonstration shared by Paluzzi that showed Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" being added to his profile.

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