Instagram notes

Let’s say you stumble upon a mind-blowing lyric, a tasty restaurant recommendation or a hilarious joke that needs to be shared with your Instagram followers ASAP. But wait—you don’t want to disrupt the artistic flow of your carefully curated feed with a random post. Fear not! That’s exactly the problem the Instagram Notes feature is designed to solve. Think of Instagram Notes as a Facebook-like status update, allowing you to jot down your thoughts or mood and share what you’re up to—but without cluttering up your profile. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the tech tips explaining how to use Instagram Notes and why it’s about to become your go-to tool for connecting with your followers more spontaneously. To beef up your Instagram expertise even more, we also have the answers to other frequently asked questions about the app, including Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more tech, travel, humor, cleaning and fun facts all week long. What are Instagram Notes? Instagram Notes are short status updates of up to 60 characters that use text and emojis, which appear above your profile photo at the top of the Chats or Messages section of the app. Each note lasts for up to 24 hours, or until you delete or replace it. You can also read other followers’ notes by scrolling through them just like you would for Depending on the option you choose when creating the note, either the followers you follow back or the ones on your Close Friends list will be able to view your note...

I personally have never shared a Note with my friends, and adoption within my social circles has so far been extremely limited. The kids, apparently, like it — teens are posting Notes at 10 times the rate other users are, according to Instagram. Now, they can actually show friends their favorite song of the moment instead of just “We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run, that they believe that they can trust and rely upon for distribution,” chief product officer Chris Cox told Meta employees. The company is in talks to get celebrities like Oprah and the Dalai Lama to use the new text app — but let’s start with cryptic and moody status updates a la AIM first. Most Popular • Automakers can’t quit manual transmissions so they’re cramming fake stuff into EVs • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview • Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ • Microsoft Teams integration is being removed from Windows 11

Instagram Notes is today getting its first set of new features following its Before, users’ Notes could only include text and emoji, but now they’ll be able to share a 30-second clip of a song, as another way to express themselves. The expectation is that people could use the new Music Notes to share their moods, feelings, or just what favorite song they’ve been listening to lately. In addition to the shared clip, users can add a caption to a Music Note to share their thoughts, too, if they choose. The company says the song clips will be supported in all markets worldwide where Instagram has music licensing rights. Image Credits: Instagram The other new feature arriving with today’s update is Notes Translations. This feature simply allows users to tap a “See translation” link below a note in a different language in order to have it translated into their own. Instagram already supports translations across other areas of its app, like in Post descriptions, comments, and Reels, so this is simply making that same functionality available to Instagram Notes, as well. Image Credits: Instagram During testing of Notes ahead of its launch late last year, Meta said it found users appreciated having a way to start conversations with friends in a lighthearted way. And, similar to how Twitter prompts users to share “what’s happening?” in its app, Instagram Notes asks users to “Share a thought…” Users can then type out a Note with up to 60 characters of text or emoji, which appears at th...

Mia Sato The Verge: Now, users will be able to attach a 30-second clip of a song to their status update, along with a short caption next to the track. Friends can then tap into the song to listen to the snippet. Instagram is also adding a translation button below Notes for posts in other languages. If they’re not already, Instagram must begin calling this feature Music Notes. I mean, the name is just sitting there for the taking. Mia adds that Instagram sees 10x usage with its Notes feature among teens than other users. That must feel like a win considering teens view Facebook as the place for grandparents. Enjoy it while it lasts, IG, kids grow up so fast. In the meantime, I’ll be reverting back to my teenage roots and setting my Music Note to whatever TRL host Carson Daly just played on MTV. Back in the present day, Meta is also prepping a Twitter-like microblogging service that The Verge says it may be called, will support the new ActivityPub standard to be interoperable with Mastodon and other federated social networks.