Instagramthe popular social network of the Meta Group has just announced the launch of a new functionality called Blend which allows you to create a personalized Reel feed to share with the members of a chat.
Let’s see the details of the announcement, what the functionality is and how to use it actually (once it is made available for everyone).
The new Blend functionality arrives on Instagram
The Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, recently published a Reel on the social network to inform users of a new potential called Blendwhose Rollout has just been started and therefore, at the moment, may not be available for everyone.
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By visiting the support portal of the social network, we discover that the function Blend It allows users and their friends to create a unique Reel aggregator, based on the content suggested for each participant, directly from a chat (individual or group).
The rollout of this functionality, as anticipated above, has already been started but it is not clear when it will actually be available for everyone: we know that it will be available both in the Android app and in the iOS app of the social network but we do not know if it will be released on the server side or through an app update.
How to exploit the new Blend functionality
THE Blend They are located inside the chat (single and group) of Instagram and can be created by inviting a user (or more users) who will have to accept the invitation.
Once the invitation is accepted, the Blend It will be created automatically and, day after day, will be updated with new content that change according to the activities of all the people involved or according to the Reel which are shared in the chat.
Everything is fine Reel will present a label with the name of the participant in the Blend so it was suggested. It is worth stressing that the suggestions will only be shown to people who actually part of this aggregator.
- What to do to invite someone to a Blend
- Open the Instagram app
- Make a tap on the icon to enter the DM
- Enter the chat of the contact with which you want to create the Blend
- Make a tap on the new icon (with two smiling emojis attached) present at the top right to invite all the members present in the chat (which will be able to accept or decline the invitation).
- What to do to view a Blend
- Open the Instagram app
- Make a tap on the icon to enter the DM
- Enter the chat with the Blend that we want to view
- Make a tap on the new icon (with two smiling emojis attached) present at the top right.
- How to abandon a Blend
- Open the Instagram app
- Make a tap on the icon to enter the DM
- Enter the chat with the Blend that we want to view
- Make a tap on the new icon (with two smiling emojis attached) present at the top right
- Make a tap on the icon with the gear
- Make a tap on “Leave this blend.”
How to download or update the Instagram app
To download or update Instagram On Android smartphones, and do not miss the latest news introduced globally by the app development team, it will be sufficient to proceed with the download and installation or with the verification of the presence of updates via the Google Play Store: the app page can be reached via the Badge below.
If you are interested in trying the news in preview, it is possible to resort to Beta program of the app, always available through the app page on Google Play Store or reachable through this link. In the event that the beta program is temporarily fully, you can download and install the APK packages of the Beta Instagram versions (but also the Alpha versions) through the portal Apkmirror (the dedicated page can be reached following This link).
