Creators and influencers now get more ways of getting compensated for their creativity and hard work through subscriptions.

Subscriptions lets creators earn monthly recurring income and become closer to their followers by producing exclusive content for their subscribers.

Only selected users have access to this new feature so far, but hopefully, Instagram will make it available for more creators.

Instagram users can subscribe to three types of content.

• Subscriber Lives – subscribers have exclusive access to a creator’s live videos.
• Subscriber Stories – subscribers will see a purple ring on the creator’s stories, indicating that the content was especially for them.
• Subscriber Badges – subscribers will have a purple badge that will differentiate them from a creator’s regular followers.

The long-awaited 3D avatar finally became available to users in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Avatars are usable in Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger apps.

Here is how you can create your 3D Avatar on Instagram.

1. Open the Instagram app.
2. Tap on the top-right menu icon, and then Settings
3. Tap Account and tap on Avatars
4. Customize how your Avatars look by choosing features such as mouse and nose shape, skin tone, clothes, and more.
5. Once satisfied, tap Done.

Instagram introduces a new feature called Enhanced tags that lets users tag all the contributors and collaborators in their posts. It makes it easier for you to tag people “behind the scenes” such as make-up artists, designers, and photographers. The enhanced tags aim to recognize creators and open doors for more opportunities.

Here is how to use the enhanced tags feature.

1. Go to the Instagram app and tap the (+) in the top right corner
2. Create a new Post and tap Next
3. Edit the post (if needed) and tap Next
4. After writing a caption, tap Tag People
5. Choose Add Tag to search and pick your contributors
6. Tap Show Profile Category
7. Click Done

After adding tags and details if needed, you can now click share. Users will see the tags with the creators’ category on the Instagram post. Instagram users will see direct links to follow the tagged account once they tap on the tag.

The platform rolled out tools to help you trim and rearrange video clips while composing your Reel videos.

Here’s how it works.

1. Open your Instagram app and click on the Reels camera.
2. Record a video or upload an existing clip from your gallery.
3. Go to ‘preview video clips‘ and tap edit clips on the bottom left corner.
4. Tap on the reorder button if you want to rearrange your clip and drag videos accordingly. You can also delete unwanted clips by using the delete button.
5. You can add more clips by tapping the ‘add clips button.‘
6. Once satisfied, you can now Post your Reel.

Instagram launched new hashtag options to make it easier for users to support, fundraise and talk about a significant social cause.

Instagram giant connects with different organizations to define which hashtags are relevant and presents the actual cause. Each hashtag has a particular destination page where users can create fundraisers to share with their friends. This new hashtag feature is currently available in the US only.

@Silent: This option lets you send a DM without triggering the notifications to the person you are messaging. It is a handy option especially when you do not want to disturb the person during inconvenient hours.

@Silent: This option lets you send a DM without triggering the notifications to the person you are messaging. It is a handy option especially when you do not want to disturb the person during inconvenient hours.

New music sharing: The music sharing feature lets users of music apps (Apple, Amazon Music, and soon Spotify ) send a 30-second clip of a song to the DMs of their Instagram friends.