Popular social media app TikTokhas grown rapidly, especially in the face of intense interest from young people. This growth has also mobilized other social media platforms. The last step came from Instagram. To make content on the platform more immersive and discoverable Instagram, full screen mode is testing. Here are the details!
Instagram videos will now be full screen
parent company of Instagram Metataking the first step in TikTok-like changes reels threw it over. Today, many users spend most of their time in the app watching Reels. Apart from all this, the company, like TikTok full screen It is preparing to switch format.
CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg, recently shared a post on his Instagram story. In this post, he announced the full-screen format, which will soon enter the testing phase. In early May, a version of this format appeared for the first time.
Meta spokesperson pointed out that the purpose of this format is to increase the weight of videos on Instagram. Before this testing phase, users had to click on the video for the full screen version. However, the full-screen format is similar to streaming on TikTok, with video highlighting.
Looking at the sharing, it is seen that the posts also include the notification bar at the top. In addition, shortcuts for creating direct messages and posts are also available. differentIt is noteworthy that I. Users who are part of this test will see videos almost entirely full screen while browsing the stream. There are also shortcuts that let you like and comment on the video. at the bottom it will include.
Meta spokesperson Seine KimAccording to , this test is the platform’s latest effort to compete with TikTok for video. Zuckerberg said that the new format is currently in the testing phase and will be available to all users soon.
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