Instagram, the popular social network by Meta, is testing a feature aimed at helping users not miss updates from their friends. According to the company, as reported to TechCrunch, the platform has started showing unseen Highlighted Stories from mutual friends at the end of the Stories tray, at the top of the feed. “We are always looking for new ways to connect people through Stories, and we are testing this feature with a small group of users,” a Meta spokesperson noted. The change was first detected by the expert in […]
Instagram, the popular social network from Meta, is testing a feature aimed at helping users not miss updates from their friends. According to the company, as reported by TechCrunch, the platform has started showing unseen Story highlights from mutual friends at the end of the Story tray, at the top of the feed.
“We are always looking for new ways to connect people through Stories, and we are testing this feature with a small group of users,” said a Meta spokesperson. The change was first detected by social media expert Ahmed Ghanem.
The idea arises in response to the growing volume of Reels and sponsored posts that can cause you to miss updates from your friends. With this test, Instagram aims to give more visibility to Highlighted Stories, those selected posts that users save on their profiles and that do not disappear in 24 hours like regular Stories.
The Featured Stories will only appear if the user has viewed all the current Stories in their tray. Additionally, only the unseen ones from the last week will be shown, ensuring that content you have already seen is not repeated.
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