There is an art to arranging photos and videos in the Instagram grid. Those who are diligent will upload 9 photos at once and the grid will appear as if it displays one large photo. The issue with this feature is that if only one photo is uploaded later, the arrangement of the 9 photos will be affected, causing the grid to look strange. Instagram today announced a new feature that allows users to arrange photo grids themselves.
This is a big change because until now, the photo grid has been arranged chronologically in which it was uploaded. To use this feature, press and hold on the photo in the grid for a few seconds. The “Edit grid” option will be visible with an icon in the shape of a 9-box grid. Although the feature was announced by Meta this morning, I have not yet been able to use it on the Android, iOS and web apps.
In addition to the customizable photo grid, Instagram is also expanding the Trial Reels feature to all users. This feature was only tested by influencers who previously may have wanted to test the reels content format to the people who follow their accounts. Through this test, other new content can be tried to see the response.
Finally, the feature of uploading content to Instagram but not displaying it in the timeline is also being tested. It is given to those who may simply want to upload content to the account but not for everyone to see. Only followers who go to the profile will notice that new content has been uploaded.