If you’ve ever wanted to deface your friends’ photos, Instagram may have just the feature for you.
Today Instagram released a new update that allows users to edit pictures that their friends send them through direct messaging.
Once a friend sends you a photo, you can send them a picture back and the picture they sent to you will be included with the photo you reply with.
You can edit, re-size, move and add stickers to the pair of photos before sending them back.
Once a friend sends you a photo, you can send them a photo back and the picture they sent to you will be included with the photo you reply with. You can edit, re-size, move and add stickers to the pair of photos before sending them back
To use the new feature, you must receive a photo via a direct message from a friend.
Then, select the camera icon on the bottom right of that message to respond.
This will prompt you to take a photo, which will be included in the message along with the photo you received.
Instagram is also working on several other new features, and reportedly inviting people to test the beta version of its Android app.
Instagram is testing a regram button that would allow user’s to share each others’ posts, according to a screenshot obtained by The Next Web.
Currently, when users want to share each someone’s post, they have to either save the image and post it on via their own Instagram account, or use apps designed for this purpose, such as Regram.
Video obtained by The Next Web also reveals that Instagram may be testing a GIF feature that lets users search for and place GIFs in their stories and posts, sourcing the GIF’s via Giphy.
In September, Instagram also appeared to be testing a feature that allows users to save their Stories, instead of losing them after 24 hours.
To use the new feature, you must receive a photo via a direct message from a friend. Then, select the camera icon on the bottom right of that message to respond. This will prompt you to take a photo, which will be included in the message along with the photo you received
And earlier in the year, Instagram reportedly tested a favorite-friends feature which allows you to share content with a select group of friends.
Its not yet clear if or when these features will actually be incorporated in the app.
However, other new features have recently been added to the app.
In October, Instagram introduced a new video feature called ‘Go Live With’ that allows users to add friends in to live broadcasts.
A screenshot obtained by The Next Web appears to show tests for a new regram button
The firm updated this with a new feature that allows friends to request to join a live video.
When watching a live video, users can now tap the Request button to join.
The person filming the live stream will then receive a notification, asking whether they accept the request.
If they accept, you will be added into the live stream within seconds, with a split screen showing both you and your friend.