Instagram launched a new feature that lets you co-watch posts with your friends when on a video chat together.
In these times of self-isolation, the Internet can bring us the necessary feeling of togetherness. Today Instagram has launched a new feature that lets you scroll Instagram together with your friends.
Co-watching turns scrolling through your Instagram feed into a social and active experience. The feature lets friends on a video chat or group video chat browse through feed posts one user has liked or saved, or that are recommended by Instagram.
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The launch of Co-watching coincides with other COVID-19 responses from Instagram which include:
- Showing a shared Instagram Story featuring all the posts from your network that include the “Stay Home” sticker
- Adding Story stickers that remind people to wash their hands or keep their distance from others
- Adding coronavirus educational info to the top of results for related searches
- Removing unofficial COVID-19 accounts from recommendations, as well as virus-related content from Explore if it doesn’t come from a credible health organization
- Expanding the donation sticker to more countries so people can search for and ask friends for contributions to relevant nonprofits
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There is no doubt that social media, and especially visual platforms like Instagram, play a very important role in keeping us together during these difficult times. So, thank you for that Instagram.
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