In an effort to take on TikTok, Instagram is allowing its users to add music to their Instagram Stories. It even offers a full library of licensed music. Currently, most users have access to it (although certain business accounts and post types do not, according to the Instagram support page). Here’s how to find your Instagram music library, as well as how to add music to your Instagram Story.
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How to add music to your Instagram story
You can find your Instagram music library by swiping up from the story you just captured and then selecting the music sticker in Stories.
Step 1: Capture a photo or video for your Story
To capture a photo or video for your story, open the latest version of the Instagram app for Android and iPhone, then follow these steps:
Tap + at the top or swipe right anywhere in the Feed.
Scroll down to the Stories section at the bottom.
Touch or at the bottom of the screen to take a photo, or hold to record a video.
To choose a photo or video from your phone’s gallery or camera roll, swipe up anywhere on the screen. You may see gallery suggestions to help you choose what to share.
Second step: Go to the music sticker
After you’ve captured a photo or video for your story, you can use creative tools—like music—to edit it before sharing. To add music to your story, you first need to find the music sticker.
While previewing your story before sharing it, tap on the sticker icon at the top.
Find the music.
Select the music sticker that appears (it has a waveform symbol on the icon).
If you don’t see the music sticker in Stories, make sure your app is updated to the latest version by visiting the App Store or Google Play Store. The music sticker is available for most of the users.
Step 3: Find the music you want to use
If you have access to the Instagram music sticker, then you can find songs to use in Instagram’s licensed music library.
From the music sticker, search for a song.
Play the one you want.
You can edit which part of the song you want to play in your story.
Swipe left to see all the effects and select the one you want to use.
Tap Done when you’re done.
Step 4: Share your story
When you’ve added music to your photo or video and you’re ready to share it to your Instagram Stories, just tap Your Story in the bottom left of the preview screen. You’re done!
What is Dual?
Dual is a function that allows you to record with the front and rear cameras of your phone simultaneously. This means that you can capture something interesting and at the same time record yourself reacting to the situation.
The result is similar to the format popularized by game streamers, who have the webcam in one corner and the game takes up most of the screen,
What are templates?
If you don’t know how to get inspired, or just need help editing your next masterpiece, templates make it easier than ever.
The templates come pre-loaded with video and audio placeholders, and you just have to change them with your own video and audio options.
Instagram Reels allows you to record and edit 15-second video clips. You could then add music to your video creation or even use the audio from someone else’s video. TikTok already offered both possibilities and helped popularize its use in short-lived music content.
However, Reels isn’t a stand-alone app, it’s part of the main Instagram app, which means you don’t have to download anything to use it except the latest version of Instagram.
Instagram has long had the ability to switch between accounts, but it should soon be easier to do the same on Facebook. It will also allow jumping from Facebook to Instagram more easily as well.
Meta has said that the new tool is being tested on the web and also on Apple iPhones and Android smartphones. Although at the moment it is only a test and we will have to wait for it to be deployed.
The company is also trying to make the process as seamless as possible. At the same time, it makes sure that your accounts are safe. Thus, if you activate two-factor authentication on Facebook, both Facebook and Instagram will be protected. You will also be notified when new accounts are created using your main account.
