Instagram’s new feature to compete with TikTok [TKB-Tech]

Instagram is no longer just a photo sharing app. Reels was launched by Instagram to compete with Tiktok. Now Instagram Reels are being made even better. The company has announced about this.

Now the video limit on Instagram Reels will not be 30 seconds but 60 seconds. Till now, users used to get a chance to select video length limit of 15 seconds and 30 seconds on Instagram Reels.

Apart from this, new protection of teens is being brought to Instagram. With this, the account of teens on Instagram will be a private account by default. This will make it difficult for suspicious accounts that target Young on this platform to find the account.

Instagram will now send push notifications to teens asking them to make the account private. The company announced this on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Instagram users can now create reels of up to 60 seconds.

More recently, Instagram Reels’ rival TikTok has increased the video limit to 3 minutes. With this, users have the option of creating longer content. The nature of the platform is still fast flipping.

In addition, Instagram has announced that it is taking on a new protection measure for teasers to make user’s social media experience safe. This will keep the accounts of teenagers who are 16 years or less by default private. In some countries it has also been kept 18 years. Having a private account, only the accounts following by the users can like or comment on their photos.