Instagram blows us away with these upcoming new features

Facebook made a number of announcements during its keynote at F8 on Tuesday. Instagram, which the company has owned since 2012, also received more attention than you’d expect. With over 400 million monthly active users, it’s no surprise that Instagram now gets its own segment within the lengthy presentation.

The path forward for Instagram remains bright, and today it shared what new features will be available soon.

Partners will be able to share to Stories, including Spotify and GoPro. The music streaming service will let you play part of a song while GoPro will link clips from its action cameras. Those are the only two partners made public so far, but Instagram says many more are coming.

Instagram will also open augmented reality support for third parties. Think of it like Snapchat’s business model where advertisers can purchase space for face filters and stickers. Examples include turning “any video into an NBA dunkcam or add a cloud of hearts and Pomeranians to fluff up your photo.” With that said, it seems like Stories are about to become a lot livelier.

The listed partners with “fun creative effects” arriving first are Ariana Grande, Vogue, and Buzzfeed among others.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/05/02/instagram-spotify-gopro-video-chat-new-features/