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Instagram announces 3-minute-long Reels, new edit app, and more

January 21, 2025

Instagram is getting a major upgrade, including features like three-minute-long Reels, an updated profile grid, and a dedicated friends feed within the ‘Reels’ tab. Apart from this, Instagram has introduced a new app for video editing.

These features were announced Instagram head Adam Mosseri Through several posts on the forum.

Instagram gets three minute long reels

As of now, Instagram users can upload 90 second long reels on the platform. Now this limit has been increased to three minutes.

To remind, Instagram first introduced Reels in August 2020 to compete with TikTok. At the time, reels were only 15-seconds long. Over time the company increased this limit to 90 seconds, which has been revised once again.

New Instagram edit app for iOS

Mosseri also made a new announcement editing app It aims to make it easier for users to edit videos on their smartphones.
In addition to editing features, creators will get access to dedicated tabs for tracking inspiration and initial ideas, and higher camera quality.
Instagram’s new Edits app will also share performance information for videos created and shared with creators using the app.
As far as availability is concerned, Mosseri said the app It is possible Preordered on iPhones through the App Store and it will be Available soon on Android,
“The app won’t be available to download until next month, and in the meantime, we’re going to work with a handful of video creators to get their feedback and improve the experience,” he said. wrote In his post.

More features are coming to Instagram

In a separate post on Instagram, Mosseri said that the company is bringing a new feature to Reels that will enable users to access a dedicated feed in which they will be able to see all the Reels liked by their friends.

it Dedicated feed in Reels It will also let users add a note to a Reel that their friend likes and even start a conversation with them. However, this new feature will initially be available in select countries. Mosseri did not share the list of supported countries in its post.

Apart from these features, Instagram has introduced a tall grid on the profile. It’s also building a tool to let users rearrange their entire grid and share posts directly to their grid.

We started with the tall grid because most of the photos and videos uploaded to Instagram at the moment are vertical and rectangular does a better job of showing off those photos and videos.

Eventually, Instagram plans to move Highlights to a grid and add them as a tab.