Instagram and Snapchat Announce Updates to Stay Relevant – Gizmodo

Change is the only the constant, especially when it comes to social media apps. But that doesn’t mean the changes are unique.Instagram is testing out a full-screen feed feature that looks awfully similar to TikTok’s interface. And Snapchat is joining Twitter in adding a paid subscriber tier. Also, if Elon Musk gets his way, Twitter will start to look a whole lot more like TikTok too. It’s the constant news: all your favorite tech platforms are converging into one. Instagram’s New Feed FeatureThe new but not-so-new full-screen feed feature for Instagram is soon to be in testing, according to a Thursday Instagram stories post from Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, himself. He also announced testing for a navigation bar update, although that wasn’t pictured in the image Zuckerberg posted or promotional content from Instagram.“We’re rolling out the test gradually to a limited number of people in our global community,” wrote Meta spokesperson, Seine Kim, in an email to Gizmodo.If you’re in the testing group, videos on the platform will take up nearly your entire screen as you scroll through (though the navigation bar will remain). Other icons for liking, commenting, or sharing and a video description will show up as overlaid…
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