Instagram Might Soon Let You Cross-Post Stories to WhatsApp

You lot can already share your Instagram Stories to Facebook Stories; soon, yous may exist able to exercise the same for WhatsApp.

According to TechCrunch, Instagram is testing a feature that lets users cross-mail service Stories to WhatsApp, another Facebook-owned property. When you exercise that, the Story shows upward every bit a WhatsApp Status, which is encrypted and disappears after 24 hours.

"We are always testing ways to improve the experience on Instagram and make information technology easier to share any moment with the people who matter to you," an Instagram spokesperson told PCMag via e-mail when asked nigh this feature.

TechCrunch notes that only a "small-scale number of users" currently have admission to this feature. I user in Brazil reported seeing an icon on the Instagram Story sharing screen that let them post the aforementioned content to WhatsApp. After tapping that icon, users still accept to press "send" in WhatsApp to actually post the story, according to the report.

If this feature rolls out more broadly, it should make information technology a lot easier to post your Stories on both apps, ensuring as many people every bit possible run across highlights from your solar day.

Equally of November, Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status each attracted 300 one thousand thousand daily agile users, TechCrunch says. For comparison, Snapchat, which invented the Story concept, had a footling more than than half of that as of August 2022: 173 million daily active users.

Meanwhile, Instagram in Nov made its Stories characteristic a footling more accessible for those who don't take the Instagram app on their phone. Now, in add-on to existence able to sentry stories on Instagram.com, you can create and mail them from your telephone's web browser.

Well-nigh Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, middle rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength preparation machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.