Ever since people are staying at home to help curb the spread of`12 COVID-19, scrolling through your Instagram feed has been something you do alone throughout the day to keep yourself entertained. But recently, Instagram has rolled out the new Co-watching feature to help users feel less lonely by having a virtual gathering with their friends and families.
The new feature does not just allow users to chat on video with groups to browse through posts that they liked or saved in their Instagram feed but also allows participants of the video call to view their friends’ Instagram recommendations. This will give them a chance to talk about different posts on photos and videos to make the group feel more connected to each other.
To use the CO-watching feature all you need to do is just head to Instagram Direct by tapping on the paper plane icon on the top right corner of the app, then tap into the selected contact and tap the video call icon in the messaging page. Once you’ve started the video call, just tap on the photo icon at the bottom of the panel to view all recently liked, saved and Instagram recommendations available on your feed.
To give people more ways to give back at this time, we added a new COVID-19 section to our Donation sticker so people can quickly identify relevant nonprofits. We are also making the sticker available in other countries. pic.twitter.com/gtUg5wLQtq
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) March 24, 2020
Other than that, Instagram also started highlighting more educational resources about Covid-19 in the search tab and also added donation stickers to let users identify non-profit organizations and ask for relevant and genuine donations from all around the world. Instagram also will start featuring a “Stay Home” on all the shared stories posts to help users practice social distancing during this period of time.
With that said, there are more group video chats and Co-watching features rolling out on mobile apps to help ease out the feelings of isolation. So do take advantage of these features to stay connected with your friends and family`. Stay tuned for more news updates on TechNave.com!
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