Reels are a popular feature of Instagram that lets users and brands make short and engaging videos to connect with their audience and attract new followers. Reels can be very addictive, and people can ...

Platforms built to connect people, for better or for worse, are now for doing the opposite.

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Instagram has introduced a new speed-up feature for Reels. This update addresses growing user demand for more video playback control, with social media users increasingly preferring customizable ...

Instagram Reels is a feature that lets you create and share fun videos with music, filters and other effects. You might think that Reels shows you videos that match your interests and preferences, ...

If you miss the days of gathering around the TV surfing channels, you're in luck. Instagram launched Instagram for TV on Tuesday, bringing its popular Reels content to the big screen via Amazon Fire ...

Instagram Reels are the short videos you probably doom-scroll through every day. Among them, you'll find plenty of useful ones that fit your interests and needs. You can always save them so you can ...

In June 2023, Instagram introduced the ability to download reels natively from the app without using third-party tools. This feature was initially available to users in the US, but it is now available ...

More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video Reels product in 2025, up from 35% in ...

We all know Instagram is prioritizing short-form video content via Reels, so it should come as no surprise that a redesign is on the horizon. In a post on Instagram Reels (of course), Instagram head ...

In the dizzying arms race of social media, Instagram is reportedly considering an important move to gain an advantage: spinning off its short-form video feature, Reels, into a standalone app.

I send an Instagram Reel to my best friend or adult daughter — who is also my best friend — almost every day. It’s how I kill time waiting for my plane to take off or procrastinate when an important ...