Instagram rolls out new features, launches Creator Lab in India | Tech Tips
Meta-owned Instagram hosted an event in India where it announced new features and launched the Creator Lab. The Instagram Creator Lab features 14 creators from the platform who will share insights on topics like self-expression, community building, and long-term growth. The new Instagram features will let you add comments in stories, cutouts in DMs, and Birthday Notes.
Instagram Creator Lab launched in India
- Instagram said that the Creator Lab is a new educational resource for aspiring creators. It features content from popular Instagram creators in India who share their experiences and insights that could help other creators grow on the platform.
- The creators will talk about how people can use various Instagram tools and features, how to build their following, and how to monetise content.
- There are a total of 14 creators part of the Creator Lab and some of these include Aabir Vyas, Govind Kaushal, Meethika Dwivedi, Raghav Sachhar, and The Vixens Crew.
- Content in the Creator Lab is currently available in English and Hindi. Instagram will soon add captions in six Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, and Hindi.
New Instagram features
Instagram will now let people add comments in stories, according to a report by Gadgets360. These comments, if approved, will be visible in stories. It will disappear after 24 hours with the story but if it’s added to a highlight then the comment will stay. Instagram is also expanding the ability to use cutouts of images as stickers in DMs. So you can make cutouts of images from your phone’s gallery and use them as stickers to share with others in chat.
Birthday Notes is another feature that’s coming to Instagram soon. You will have to enable this feature to use it and once you do that, a small hat icon will appear in the Notes section on your birthday. This feature will work according to the privacy settings used for Instagram Notes.
The new Instagram features have been announced but haven’t been rolled out yet. It’s not mentioned when Instagram plans to roll out these features to all users.
