What’s Up With Instagram? 👀

We're catching you up on what's changed on Instagram this week, and throwing in a few other tips and tricks we've got up our sleeve... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Every time you blink, something changes on Instagram... You're not imagining it - there are a ton of tests and experiments happening on the platform right now. You may not have noticed anything, or maybe your entire home screen now looks slightly… different. Don't worry, we're keeping tabs! Here are some of the major happenings on the platform right now.

Searching for the Explore Tab? 🔍 : A Tuesday Instagram App update brought a relatively quiet test to more Instagram users. When you update your app, things just might change around!  Do things look a little different? You're testing one of the three new layouts:   Layout #1 puts Home, Reels, Add Post, Shop, and Profile on the bottom menu. Notifications, Explore, and DMs are now in the top right corner.    Layout #2 puts Home, Explore, Reels, Shop, and Profile on the bottom menu. Add Post is in the top left corner, and Notifications and DMs are in the top right.   Layout #3 puts Home, Explore, Reels, Shop, Notifications, and Profile on the bottom menu. Add Post and DMs are in the top right. More time in the spotlight on Reels 🎬 : On Wednesday, Instagram announced three updates for Reels.   Reels can now be up to 30 seconds long You can now extend the timer up to 10 seconds before recording You can now trim and delete any clip in your Reel

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