Reply to Instagram soon users or Comment on a post with a GIF. Of course, we can already respond to Stories with graphic elements, but the absence of GIFs is strongly felt in the comments of posts. This new feature will put the social network on par with its competitorsTikTok, Pinterest, and other Snapchats that already let you reply to posts with GIFs.
The feature isn’t available to all users yet, but once it’s available, you’ll see the steps are the same as for Stories. A GIF option will appear when you type in the comment box. If you tap this GIF button, you will see a search bar and a series of GIFs. As you can see, the procedure is intuitive, also flow as we know it in most messaging apps.
Instagram wants to make the comments section more lively and offers to add GIFs
In terms of diversity, GIF will have a lot to choose from, as animated images are offered by Giphy, a huge database for finding, sharing and creating animated GIFs. Meta should roll out this feature gradually over the coming weeks.
Meta seems to have slowed down the speed of Instagram updates a bit. The last major feature update, which increased the maximum duration of stories from 15 seconds to 60 seconds, is for September 2022. Is the social network experiencing an identity crisis? Its officials recently admitted that Instagram offers users too many videos. If the company is still chasing the ideal formula, it will eventually copy the functionality offered by competing apps. There ability to zoom directly into Storiesfor example borrowed from Signal.
Source : Android Police
