Instagram now allows you to post photos and videos directly from desktop computers

October 21, 2021

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The Instagram user community had been asking for a desktop version for years to post photos and videos.

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In its new update, the social platform Instagram now allows its users to upload images and videos directly from desktop computers.

Previously, the social network, owned by Facebook, only allowed publishing from a mobile device.

This represents the main innovation, among a series of new features that Instagram announced for its users, with which it aims to “provide new ways of expressing themselves, telling stories and connecting with their audience” through new applications for “Reels” and for ‘feed’, he said in a statement.

Reels are the vertical format of short videos, similar to the TikTok platform.

The Instagram user community has been requesting a desktop version for this feature for years and now they will be able to post images and videos less than a minute in length directly from a desktop browser.

Other new functions released are the case of collaborations (Collabs) that allow users to be co-authors of publications in the “feed” and in “Reels”.

Through the tagging screen, users can now invite to collaborate from another account on a post or Reel.

If the invited user accepts, it will also appear in the header and the publication will be shared on both follower accounts.

The publication or the Reel will appear in both ‘feeds’ with a count of visits, a different one of ‘likes’, but a thread of shared comments.

Instagram created a new independent space, which is accessed directly from the user’s profile, and allows you to create a non-profit fundraising campaign.

This function existed previously, although not independently.

In its ‘Reels’ format, Instagram presented its Superbeat and Dynamic lyrics functions for music videos as novelties.

With Superbeat special effects can be intelligently added to the beat of the song and through Dynamic or 3D lyrics, users will be able to display the lyrics of the song on the screen and also reduce editing times.