Instagram provides reposting, location map, and extra: See the updates

Instagram customers are bracing for an additional spherical of adjustments.

META unveiled an replace for the favored social media app with new options, together with “reposting” content material and a location map.

“People have always come to Instagram to share what they’re up to and where they are. Now, with reposts, the map, and the ‘Friends’ tab in Reels, it’s easier for you and your friends to stay in touch through the content you’re enjoying on Instagram,” META wrote in an Aug. 6 news release.

The new options observe Instagram’s launch of latest security guardrails for teen customers with direct messaging on July 23, in addition to security options on adult-run accounts that includes youngsters. In June, the social media big introduced a summer time replace that enables customers to reorganize the images and movies on their profile grid.

Here’s what to know concerning the new options:

Reposting choice and tab to share content material

Similar to reposting on X, Instagram customers can now repost public feed posts and video reels.

Reposts will seem on pals’ and followers’ feeds, in addition to a separate reposting tab added to customers’ profiles, in accordance with META. While reposts are credited to the unique poster, the content material can now be shared with another person’s followers.

“This gives creators an opportunity to reach even more people,” META mentioned.

Instagram map for location sharing

Rolling out to the U.S. viewers on Aug. 6, Instagram customers can now choose to share their location on the Instagram Map.

This characteristic permits customers to share their final lively location with the accounts they select and have the choice to “turn it off anytime,” META mentioned. The map can be used to discover location-based content material, together with venues from pals at live shows or restaurant spots showcased in an Instagram reel.

Parents with supervision controls also can oversee who their youngsters share their location with.

“You will receive a notification if your teen starts sharing their location, giving you the opportunity to have important conversations about how to safely share with friends,” META wrote. “You can decide whether your teen has access to location sharing on the map and see who your teen is sharing their location with.”

New pals tab on Instagram Reels

Instagram Reels customers will discover a brand new “Friends” tab, permitting customers to see “public content your friends have interacted with, or recommendations from Blends you’ve started, and easily start conversations about them.”

Users have the choice to cover their likes and feedback on reels so they don’t seem on different individuals’s Friends tab, in addition to the choice to mute exercise bubbles from particular customers, in accordance with META.