Instagram May Soon Allow Longer Videos of Up to 60 Seconds to Be Posted as Stories 2iv4e Technology News

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By Jasmin Jose | Updated: 16 December 2021 14:26 IST

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Highlights

The Instagram feature was spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra
Videos longer than 15 seconds is split into multiple Stories
Instagram Badges allows creators to earn money from their followers

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Instagram has started testing a major update to its Stories platform whicht would let s post videos as long as 60 seconds in the form of Stories. The feature was spotted by an Instagram in Turkey. Currently, any video which is longer than 15 seconds is automatically split into multiple Stories when it gets posted. The photo-sharing app had recently improved its newly introduced Link Sticker feature by adding custom text and colour options. The Meta-owned platform also started rolling out Instagram Badges last month, which allows creators to earn money from their followers.

As spotted by noted social media consultant Matt Navarra, TikTok.

Instagram is testing longer stories segments of up-to 60 seconds

Spotted by @yousufortaccom in Turkey pic.twitter.com/6LJ2Rjqbpz
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) December 15, 2021

Instagram had newly introduced Link Sticker feature by adding custom text and colour options. s who now want to share links on Stories can write personalised text via these stickers — instead of just sharing a URL — in Instagram Stories. The option to customise the colour combination of the stickers will let s to post Stories with improved visibility of the link against different images and backgrounds.

The social media company had also started rolling out Instagram Badges in November. Badges allow s to show for creators during a Live video on the platform. s aged 18 and above with more than 10,000 followers in select regions will be able to use Instagram Badges. Once purchased, the Badges will appear alongside comments during a Live cast.

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