Reel View

Instagram explores picture-in-picture mode for Reels on phones: Report

Instagram's picture-in-picture test for Reels mirrors features on TikTok and YouTube, aimed at boosting engagement and retention on the social media platform

Meta releases AI translation feature for creators on Instagram and Facebook

Meta expands AI-powered translations on Instagram and Facebook. Creators can dub reels with automatic lip syncing, upload custom audio, and track multilingual performance

Instagram's Map: How to share location, explore posts, and adjust settings

Instagram recently added Map to let users share their location with friends or explore posts and Reels based on tagged places, with full control over settings

Now, Meta's Edits app can save videos as drafts on Instagram: What's new

Meta's Edits app update adds tools like silence cutter, swipe navigation, 150 fonts, and draft saving directly to Instagram for easier Reels creation and preview

All Facebook video uploads to be shared as Reels in coming months

Facebook will soon unify all video uploads as Reels, removing the need to choose formats. The update aims to streamline content and offer creative tools like effects, audio edits, and filters

After WhatsApp, Meta may launch Instagram for Apple iPad: What to expect

The current Instagram app available for Apple iPad mirrors the iOS version, resulting in thick black bars along the sides due to the lack of optimisation for larger displays

No crop, no black borders: Instagram now let user post 3:4 frame shots

The new Instagram format supports both single images and carousels, ensuring 3:4 photos display without black bars, awkward crops, or formatting issues

Instagram tests 'Locked Reels' feature: What is it, how it works, and more

Meta's social media platform Instagram is testing a new engagement feature that lets users post locked reels, which can only be viewed and interacted with using a code

AI, reels, WhatsApp drive customer engagement for auto dealership: Report

AI, reels, content creators, and WhatsApp are driving customer lead generation for automobile companies and their dealerships, according to a whitepaper by Meta and Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations. Interestingly, as many as 72 per cent of new automotive buyers discovered the brand on the family of apps of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. "This whitepaper underscores the potential of AI, reels, and messaging platforms such as WhatsApp to strengthen customer relationships and drive growth," Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) President C S Vigneshwar said in a statement. As per the survey commissioned by Meta, "72 per cent of new automotive buyers who were surveyed in this research discovered the brand on the Meta family of apps". It further said WhatsApp led the buyer-dealer communication as among new automobile buyers, 48 per cent used WhatsApp to directly connect with dealerships for vehicle availability inquiries, making

Soon, Instagram to recommend more original content from creators: Details

Instagram is set to roll out its new ranking system algorithms in the coming months to push original content and content from creators with small followers base on the recommendations feed

The smart shifts in video

The advent of smart TVs is changing both streaming and broadcasting

Massive growth in reels in past two years, says Meta's Ajit Mohan

Reels make up more than 20 per cent of the time people spend on Instagram, globally.

Broken America

Bing Liu's debut documentary, Minding The Gap masterfully combines skateboarding antics with stories that resonate far and wide

GoT bored

While first 8 episodes of season six were glacial, the following couple of them just went berserk

J Jagannath: Voice of a generation

What Infinite Jest did to the '90s, Wire to the aughts, Girls does the same for the 2010-2020 decade

Howling fantods

Three movies in the recent past gave me the howling fantods

J Jagannath: Superhero marathon

'Baahubali' is the closest to a proper super hero Indian cinema has produced after 'Mr India'

J Jagannath: Oscars so radical

Made in America was the longest film ever nominated for an Oscar, let alone to win one

J Jagannath: Coming of age

Jenkins made a movie with such cool intelligence and sorrow that it's beyond pulchritudinous belief

Etonnez-nous!

Calling Andrews a movie critic is a bit like calling Arnold Schwarzenegger a bodybuilder