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Fresh new features coming to Instagram
An Instagram update that enables users to rearrange the order of posts on their profile grids is just days away.
The latest feature will come into effect next week, Meta spokesperson Christine Pai confirmed.
Users will be able to customise the way their profiles look in three steps.
1. Press and hold on the post in your profile grid that you want to move then select 'Edit grid.'
2. Drag and drop the posts anywhere on your profile.
3. Changes will be saved automatically, but an 'undo' button will be available each time a user edits their grid.
Users will not be limited to how many times they can rearrange their grids, however, pinned posts cannot be arranged into a different order, according to Meta.
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri teased the feature in late January via Threads.
'In order to maintain creator control we're building a tool so you can re-order your entire grid and make it whatever you want,' Mr Mosseri wrote.
Another feature, which launched on Friday, allows users to display the music they're listening to in-app via Instagram Notes.
Users can automatically share the name and artist of the Spotify song they're listening to on Notes — the little bubble updates that appear above user's profile pictures in the Messages tab.
The new feature continuously updates the song title in real time.
Mr Mosseri also said 'trial reels', which let some creators share content to non-followers before their own following, were now available to all users.
'We've heard from creators that this takes the guesswork out of how content will perform, and our hope is that trial reels will give everyone greater freedom to explore their creativity in a low-pressure way,' he explained.
'After trying trial reels, 40 per cent of creators started posting reels more often and of those who did, 80 per cent saw an increase in reels reach from non-followers.'
