Instagram’s Updated UI is Coming – Whether You Like it or Not | Social Media Today

More people are being given the option to switch to Instagram’s new UI, which sees Reels and DMs moved into the second and third tab spots along the bottom navigation control, and enables you to swipe between them, simplifying access to the most-used elements of the app. As you can see in this example, posted by creator economy expert Lia Haberman, more users are now being prompted to try out the updated UI, which puts more focus on “your favorite spaces” in the app. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says that option is coming to all users shortly, so if you haven’t seen this prompt as yet, you soon will. As per Mosseri: “ The first [tab] is still Stories and Feed, Reels is the second tab, DMs are third, and you can now swipe between tabs. We’re organizing the app around what people use it for most, which has increasingly been reels and DMs. I know these types of changes can take time to get used to, so we’re giving people the option to try this early before we roll it out. If you’re trying it out, let me know what you think. ” Really, it’s probably not a major
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