Hallo steemians, who likes to share videos or photos via Instagram Stories by pinning a variety of funny effects, stickers, or hand graffiti, now Instagram has something that will add to the excitement of friends in sharing Stories.

Yep, after going through a long testing phase since November last year, Instagram finally officially launched GIF image feature that can be affixed to sweeten Stories.

In its official announcement, Instagram said that this feature will be available on Instagram version 29 both based on iOS or Android.

They are also promising new improvements rolled out over the coming weeks.

After updating to the latest version, to add a GIF image into Stories, tap the smile icon where you used to search for time, location and selfie stickers, then look for GIF options. Once the GIF icon is tapped, you can immediately find some default options, or use the search field to find the right image from millions of Giphy collections.

Embedded stickers can be moved, resized or pinned to sound just like any other sticker. The number of GIF images that can be embedded is unlimited. And to help the user, Giphy has prepared some search suggestions such as accessories, glasses, and so forth.

One more thing, that in the next few weeks Instagram also promised to release a new rule, in which they will no longer limit the size of photos and videos uploaded to Story.

That way, users do not have to worry about the video cut because of its size is too big. Later the user is given the option to adjust the video size, and will apply automatic adjustments to fill in the blank space left by the video to make it look more unified.

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