First, let go back in time little bit. In 2010, Instagram was just a chronological list of squared photos. In 2012 Meta (previously Facebook) purchased Instagram for about $1 billion in cash and stock, which after got into series of innovation and reengineering processes to be what it is today. User growth has rapidly increased since Meta takeover, with their core focus on photos and videos. Meta always come up with innovative ideas to keep their user engaged to their app, which is always a good business. Instagram has recently rolled out a feature called “Video as notes in Instagram” where you can add videos in add a note section in Instagram.
Notes feature was launched by Instagram in late December of 2022, an innovative way to share thoughts with friends. It is a short text message of up to 60 characters which lasts for 24 hours after posting ,same as stories but on top of the chat head. Users could post music and voice notes as well. Since its implementation, Instagram has undergone some updates to innovate the new ideas. They came up with a short video notes which is available for 2 seconds. These notes will popup on users profile unlike the stories but the time limit is 2 seconds.
Feature of Video notes:
- 2 seconds video
- Front and back camera available
- Attach a supporting text with Video Note
- All three features work at once i.e.
-Adding text note
-Adding video note
-Adding music note
Disclaimer*
This feature is only available on phones not on PC as Instagram is developed in order to share photos and videos available on phone.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you use the new feature(Video Notes) launched by Instagram:
- Open your Instagram app and head to DM section on top right corner with a messaging icon.
- Tap on your profile and you will see a camera icon in middle portion alongside textfield on top and music icon on bottom of profile picture.
- You can now record 2-second video either from back or front camera by clicking on camera icon.
Replying to Video Notes :
- Open your Instagram app and click on messaging icon.
- Tap on the video note you wanna respond to, which will direct to reply tab.
- Enter your response in either text, GIF, or audio .
- Send your reply to respective user, Keep in mind that the response are limited to 24-hour availability of the original video note.
If you have hard time understanding this article and find this Article confusing, here is a detailed description by Instagram help center.
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