Social media giant Instagram is testing its new user interface to make videos stand out. Now, users will see videos that are completely covered after entering the platform. This TikTok inspired look will make Instagram videos more valuable. However, there is a loss in the new Instagram interface, which is still in the testing phase. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Instagram Stories ribbon disappears!
Social media platform Instagram makes the videos full screen on the main page in its new interface change. Instagram announced that its users spend more than 20 percent of their time on the platform for videos. With the growth of TikTok, Instagram, which has brought its videos to the fore, continues its support in this area.
There is another innovation in the new interface apart from the videos coming to the fore. In this innovation, which we can call the problem, the Stories strip disappears. In the view where the videos are tested in full screen; The location of the message box, notification button, profile and all other parts remains the same.
According to TechCrunch’s report, Instagram has not yet made a statement about the disappearance of the new interface and stories in the testing phase. However, if it comes to the stable version fully, it is estimated that the Stories strip will be reached after swiping up the screen. When the new interface will come to the stable version and its details are currently unclear.
Instagram competes with YouTube Shorts videos in addition to TikTok with its videos called reels. Google recently announced that YouTube Shorts videos receive an average of 30 billion views per day. After this success, it started to test ads.
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