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Instagram today told TechCrunch that it is now featuring Instagram Stories more prominently with a larger preview box located between Instagram posts.

The Stories preview box now features a tiled design that's much more noticeable when scrolling through an Instagram feed. Previously, the mid-feed box looked similar to the smaller Stories bar at the top of the feed, which Instagram says it does not have plans to replace.

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"We recently updated the design of the stories bar that you see while scrolling through feed. This update makes it easier to preview the stories from the people and accounts you care about."
In addition to making Stories more prominent, Instagram is also testing a new Stop Motion camera tool, as discovered by The Verge. The Stop Motion tool is designed to let users take a series of photos which Instagram then stitches together into a GIF.

The Stop Motion feature is available inside the Story camera alongside other options like Boomerang and the recently released Superzoom tool. Stop Motion is not available for all users at the current time, but Instagram has confirmed it's in testing.

Article Link: Instagram Makes Stories Previews More Prominent, Tests Stop-Motion Camera
 
i like this , stories is so big now they need to do something like this or different the how it is
 
They need to fix all those obnoxious auto playing videos in the explore tab. Seriously hate that!! To many!! Can't even look at the pictures because they are all wrapped around stupid auto playing videos. Screw Facebook
 
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Do you need to have the FB app installed to be able to "Share to FB" from the Ig app? I don't have the app, and can't share to FB since the last 2 updates. Or did they fix it?
 
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When are they going to fix P3 support for photographs? It's been broken for a while.
 
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