{"id":448435,"date":"2026-05-14T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/448435\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:43:13","slug":"what-is-instagrams-new-feature-instants-and-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/448435\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Instagrams new feature &#8216;Instants&#8217; and how does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> has started rolling out &#8216;Instants&#8217;, a new feature that allows users to share quick photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers in one tap.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/businessplus.ie\/tag\/meta\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"10637\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Meta<\/a>-owned platform is also testing a standalone Instants app in Ireland and some other countries to give users access to the Instants camera.<\/p>\n<p>The feature works the same on <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/tag\/Instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram <\/a>as it does on the standalone Instants app.<\/p>\n<p>How it works<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll see instants in your DM inbox that looks like a pile of small photos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Capture an instant:\u00a0Tap the pile of photos and take a quick photo. You can add a caption, but can\u2019t further edit your photo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Share with friends:\u00a0Share with either your Close Friends or mutual followers \u2013 your instants can\u2019t be seen by anyone else. Your friends can react, reply with a DM, and share instants as well. Your friends will see your instants in a pile of photos in their DM inboxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recap to Stories:\u00a0Your recent instants are saved in a private archive, which only you can access.\u00a0You can post a recap to Stories of recent instants\u00a0you\u2019ve sent, by tapping a button in your archive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Undo:\u00a0You can quickly take back an instant before anyone sees it by tapping an undo button that appears right after you send it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Private sharing: All instants disappear after being seen, can\u2019t be viewed after 24 hours, and can\u2019t be screenshot by anyone. Your friends can\u2019t see who else saw your instants, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram has started rolling out &#8216;Instants&#8217;, a new feature that allows users to share quick photos with their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-448435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}