{"id":269622,"date":"2024-01-05T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=323471"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:16:52","slug":"instagram-is-testing-an-improvement-to-one-of-its-most-useful-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/instagram-is-testing-an-improvement-to-one-of-its-most-useful-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram is testing an improvement to one of its most useful features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite <strong>TikTok<\/strong> being the undisputed queen of the social media landscape, <strong>Instagram<\/strong> wants to prove that it is still alive and has a lot to offer. The <strong>Meta<\/strong> social network is reportedly testing an expansion of its <strong>Collections<\/strong> feature, allowing users to share collections of posts on their profile, which could help to better understand their interests.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f96df87d-926f-4954-bf58-f377a573a630\/3410194445\/instagram-Instagram_icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Instagram<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the screenshot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex193a\/status\/1742990183169925419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">published on <strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> by app researcher <strong>Alessandro Paluzzi<\/strong>, it can be seen that the option of <strong>Public Collections<\/strong> on Instagram would be <strong>available through your Instagram profile<\/strong> and visible to any visitor who enters the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experiment would be an extension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/collaborative-collections-arrive-new-function-instagram-create-groups-publications-friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>Collaborative Collections<\/strong> feature that Instagram launched in March of last year<\/a>, which allows users to start a private discussion based on a post where any user in the chat can add posts to the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/Instagram-Colecciones-publicas-test.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269628\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:520px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaborative Collections were in turn an improvement of Collections, which were private at the time and could only be seen by their creators. These, which function as an additional option, allow us to save our posts both privately and publicly, <strong>creating categories of posts together with our friends<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objective of this function is to <strong>encourage participation in chats with friends and acquaintances<\/strong>, using messages as a basis for generating new discussions, something similar to this new experiment, but more individually focused than in chat. <strong>Instagram has been developing this option since September 2023<\/strong>, and Paluzzi has also shared several examples of the actual publishing process in action.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/Instagram-Colecciones-publicas-test-publicacion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269629\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.58625;width:359px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The screenshots show us that <strong>the option is still under development<\/strong>, so its public release is not guaranteed. It is a very interesting experiment that could provide <strong>a new way to interact with people who share our tastes and meet new people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f96df87d-926f-4954-bf58-f377a573a630\/3410194445\/instagram-Instagram_icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Instagram<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the feature could also be very useful for brands that want to advertise their products on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite TikTok being the undisputed queen of the social media landscape, Instagram wants to prove that it is still alive and has a lot to offer. The Meta social network is reportedly testing an expansion of its Collections feature, allowing users to share collections of posts on their profile, which could help to better understand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/instagram-is-testing-an-improvement-to-one-of-its-most-useful-features\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Instagram is testing an improvement to one of its most useful features&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":269624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2354],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-269622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectioninstagram"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315393,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269622\/revisions\/315393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269622"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=269622"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=269622"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=269622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}