Less than 60-second Instagram Stories are no longer segmented into clips.


According to TechCrunch on Friday, Instagram is enabling users to create Stories that are longer and uninterrupted.

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A Story that you publish won't be divided into portions if it is less than 60 seconds long.

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The business tested the update late last year with a small group of users before rolling it out to all users globally.

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Additionally, because you now have two options when it comes to submitting a 60 second video,

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the distinction between Stories and Reels is somewhat blurred by the possibility to post lengthier uninterrupted Stories.

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Given that Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri outlined the platform's aims for 2022,

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the updates to its video features aren't particularly shocking.

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