Instagram is Working on Stories Reply with Voice Messages

Instagram may go full Snapchat with stories voice reply feature. Tap to check all the details of the upcoming feature

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We know Meta owned Instagram became a social media giant by letting people easily share photographs and videos

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But it looks like even this visually-oriented platform isn't immune to the lure of social audio tools like Twitter Spaces

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You can already send voice notes via DMs, but it look like more Instagram audio features might be on the way

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Alessandro, a developer shared a screenshot from Instagram Stories with a microphone icon in the field for story replies

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Alessandro Paluzzi stated outright that Instagram is working on the ability to reply to Stories with voice messages

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This comes a couple of months after he noted that the Meta-owned site was working on an edit grid feature

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Of course, developers will sometimes prepare for upcoming features that ultimately don't get implemented

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It may also be that comparing this feature (if it does get added) to social audio like Spaces or Clubhouse is inaccurate

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If anything, it seems more Snapchat-like, as you can also reply to stories on Snapchat with voice messaging

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There is no info beyond what he has discovered yet, so it's anyone's guess as to when Instagram will roll out this feature

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