Instagram has brought out a brand new feature called Instagram Stories.

So what is a story?
A story on Instagram is a slideshow of images that last 24 hours. The process is simple. A user clicks the button in the top left of the screen and takes a picture or video. From here the user can add a filter or draw on their photo or video. Once the user is happy with their photo/video, they can add it to their story ready for everyone to see.

Sound familiar?

Well yes it does. Instagram’s ‘New’ feature is basically a polished clone of ‘Snapchat Stories’ See the similarities below:

Instagram stories is arguably more user-friendly, they’ve definitely took an innovative approach when creating this feature.

Introducing Instagram Stories from Instagram on Vimeo.

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NWG Network
08/08/2016