Instagram’s Latest Feature Lets Users Pin Grid Posts on Their Profiles

Instagram is testing a brand new characteristic that lets customers spotlight their grid posts to all of the profile guests, Meta confirmed. Very like Twitter and TikTok, Instagram can be making an attempt to supply an choice to the customers to pin their high posts on the begging of their profile grid. Whereas customers can presently name consideration to the posts by sharing it on Tales or by way of Highlights, the brand new characteristic shall be an addition to the grid posts. A person can pin a most of three posts on the high of their profile grid, whereas calling consideration to crucial footage or bulletins.

The characteristic is presently in a testing section and is offered to restricted customers solely. Twitter person Salman Memon shared a glimpse of this characteristic, the place Instagram shows an possibility stating ‘Pin to your profile.’ In one other picture, we will see three posts pinned on the high proper, in the beginning of the grid, highlighting crucial ones.

The characteristic will certainly come out as an attention-grabbing improve, as customers will have the ability to spot mild on particular components on their profile, be it a particular supply, finest performing put up, main improvement in life, or essentially the most preferred picture. In actual fact, in might be famous that Instagram has been engaged on this characteristic for fairly a while, as the primary checks got here to mild in January this yr.

Reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi first shared a glimpse of the characteristic in testing section in January, with an replace a month later asserting the restrict of pinning down three posts at max.

Meta spokesperson additionally confirmed the most recent improvement in a mail to TechCrunch, the place it acknowledged, “We’re testing a brand new characteristic that lets individuals characteristic posts on their profile.” Nevertheless, there isn’t a affirmation on when the characteristic will roll out to all Instagram customers.

This isn’t the one characteristic that’s presently underneath testing at Instagram. The social media platform can be experimenting with eradicating the ‘Current’ tab within the hashtags part. The related content material will now be seen underneath ‘High’ and ‘Reels’ tab, as announced by the corporate on Twitter.