Recent news reports that Instagram is gearing up to receive a significant update on Stories.
Apparently Stories will now have a duration of 60 seconds.
Instagram stories could double the time
Instagram is preparing to receive an update that brings a novelty long awaited by the most loyal users of that social network.
According to information shared by programmer Alessandro Paluzzi, on his Twitter account, the stories will now have a duration of 60 seconds. Double the current 30 seconds.
According to the same source, the videos present in Stories published by users will not be divided into segments and it will even be possible to add music and effects to the complete video.
Stories is one of the most popular functions of Instagram among its users, so if you confirm the update it will be very welcome, despite its similarities with the Reels function that also allows you to publish videos with effects and a duration of 60 seconds.
There is no official date for the arrival of the new Stories feature to users yet, but this is expected to happen soon.
Recently, it was also reported that on October 21, that is, tomorrow, a set of updates for the social network would be available, which includes the functionality to post photos and short videos on the social network, through the desktop browser.