Instagram Now Lets You Share Live Video Replays

Heads up, Instafam: the Facebook-owned social network just introduced a new feature for iOS and Android that will assist you get more mileage out of the live content you broadcast on the platform.

Because, if you become live on Instagram and nobody is there to watch it, did it e'er actually happen? Fortunately, we don't have to ponder the answer to that question any longer because you'll now take the choice to share a replay of your alive video to Instagram Stories.

"Now, more of your friends and followers tin take hold of up on what they missed," Instagram wrote in a blog post.

When Instagram Alive showtime debuted, at that place was no option to save; broadcasts disappeared once your session concluded, a la Meerkat (RIP). A few months subsequently, Instagram added the ability for people to save alive streams, but only for personal use.

At present when a broadcast ends, you'll run across an pick at the bottom of the screen labeled "Share." Tap that to add a replay of your alive video to Instagram Stories for 24 hours. If you said or did something embarrassing in the video, no worries: simply printing "Discard" and your video will disappear from the app, only similar normal.

When someone you lot follow shares a replay, y'all'll see a little play icon under their contour photo in the stories bar at the top of the app. But tap that to lookout man the video; equally yous're watching y'all'll see comments and likes from the original broadcast. You can tap the right or left side of the screen to go forward or back 15 seconds, or tap "Send Message" to send the person a comment.

If someone has shared multiple replays, you'll see arrows at the acme, which you lot tin click to easily leap between videos. When you watch your ain replay, you'll see a number in the top-right corner showing how many people saw it alive and in stories.

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