Instagram has rolled out a minor update in which the user can reply to their friend’s stories with their own choice of Gifs. Instagram informs about the update on Twitter.
Tweet By Instagram
PSA: You can now reply to your friends’ stories using @GIPHY GIFs! Update your app to try it.
— Instagram (@instagram) February 4, 2020
Social Media Expert Matt Navarra
Users can send a Gif by searching a keyword in the reply box. Matt Navarra shared a video of the procedure.
TIL… You can reply to Instagram Stories with a GIF
Start typing your reply to a story, the icon changes to GIF
h/t @thebkh pic.twitter.com/2j9mN2lg66
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 4, 2020
This is another way through which a user can engage with their stories. It seems users now won’t get bored while watching stories. Eventually, this can be turned out to be more popular as it is a very innovative way to interact.
To try these new feature users need to update their app to the latest version.