Key Notes
- Instagram users can share video notes.
- Only videos recorded from the front camera are allowed to be posted.
- The video notes are 2 seconds long.
Meta-owned photo and reels sharing platform Instagram is upgrading. Its parent company has brought a slew of new features for improved user experience on its platform. The company is now enabling its users to share Video Notes. The social media platform brought Notes to Instagram last year which allowed you to post text or emojis as your status. But from now onwards you would be able to post a two-second looping video Notes. The feature works similar to how you share status on WhatsApp.
Previously Instagram only allowed its users to add music, text or emoticons to Notes. But now the social media platform has brought Video Notes to its platform as an extension of its Status updates feature akin to WhatsApp. The Instagram users will be able to share a two-second looping video notes with their Close Friends list or with other users who follow them in common.
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Now you all might be wondering what was the need to add a video feature in Notes when we can already do it on the Stories. Of course, you can share video stories on Instagram, But in Video Notes you are allowed to share a video of 2 seconds duration which is a very short duration. For text Notes, one is also allowed to enter a note of up to 60 characters. In addition to this, you are only allowed to post Video Notes taken from your front/selfie camera. Also, it is necessary the selfies video should have been recorded from the app’s camera app.
Note: You cannot upload a video from the phone’s camera gallery.
To add a Video Notes one must first open their DM. Then at the top of your Chats list, tap your profile picture. After that tap Note… and enter a note, music or add a video with the front-facing camera.
To add a video tap your profile picture and then tap the blue button at the bottom to begin recording your video. Videos can only be 2 seconds long. After that select to share your note with followers that you follow back or your close friends. Lastly, tap Share in the top right to share your note. One can also delete their Notes by tapping on it, then tapping Delete note.
Just like any other Notes, the status will be visible to you and others at the top of the inbox for up to 24 hours. After this time, your note will no longer be visible on Instagram. Moreover others can also reply to your Note just like Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status. This will initiate a chat between you and them only. Others cannot see who’s viewed or replied to your note.
Besides this Instagram is also said to be working on a new privacy tool that will allow users to control who can see the Likes they have on posts and reels.
