Instagram has began rolling out Notes, a characteristic it has been engaged on for just a few months now. The corporate hasn’t formally introduced the characteristic however it’s stay for a lot of Instagram customers globally. As you may need guessed, it allows you to go away a observe in your followers.
Notes seem on the chat web page which you can entry by tapping the Messenger button on the prime proper nook of your Instagram dwelling feed. Right here, you’ll discover a horizontal carousel of notes beneath the search bar. A “Go away a observe” button along with your Instagram profile image on the left finish of the carousel allows you to create a observe, adopted by notes left by others. You possibly can sort a observe as much as 60 characters lengthy.
You possibly can both share the observe along with your followers you observe again or chosen “Shut mates”. Instagram is not going to notify them once you go away a observe. They are going to solely be capable to see the observe once they go to the chat web page. The observe will stay seen for twenty-four hours. Individuals who can see the observe can reply with a message. The replies are acquired in the primary chat thread however with a quote that claims “replied to your observe”.
You possibly can solely put up one observe at a time. Instagram allows you to replace or delete your observe anytime however you possibly can’t put up one other so long as the present one is seen, i. e. it hasn’t been 24 hours because you posted it. Since Instagram notes are quick (solely 60 characters most), the total observe is seen within the aforementioned carousel. You will notice the individual’s Instagram deal with and profile image together with the observe. Tapping on the profile image will pull up a message discipline from the place you possibly can reply to the observe. This web page additionally reveals when the observe was posted.
Instagram should still be testing the Notes characteristic
The Notes characteristic on Instagram began rolling out just lately. It’s accessible on most of our units operating model 254.0.0.19.109 of the app. In its present implementation, you possibly can’t disable the characteristic. If it’s accessible in your app, you will note notes left by your followers who you observe on the chat web page. You possibly can solely mute notes on a per-user foundation. It’s important to long-press on a observe to mute all notes from that person. To unmute, you must go to their Instagram profile and faucet on the “Following” button. Right here, you’ll discover a Mute possibility from the place you possibly can mute/unmute posts, tales, and notes from that person.
As famous by XDA, who first reported this rollout, Instagram should still be testing Notes and will change the characteristic a bit primarily based on person suggestions. We are going to preserve monitor of it and allow you to know accordingly. Within the meantime, you possibly can faucet the button beneath to obtain the most recent model of Instagram from the Google Play Retailer and see if Notes can be found to you.
