Apps & Services
Instagram is working to bring several new features
Undoubtedly, Instagram is the most appreciated and popular application among the young generation. The application provides several features that allow the user to showcase their unique abilities, as well as some advanced communication options. However, for some time, the application has stopped getting some useful changes, but now a good new has arrived regarding the availability of some new features.
Instagram to bring new features for posts, stories, and reels
According to the information, the developer team of Instagram is testing some new features, but as a part of the testing, they are only available to a limited number of users. From the number of new features, there are some important ones, like the ability to post in the past, the ability to send files in DMs, and some new tools for stories and reels. Let’s understand these features in detail.
Ability to publish posts “in the past”
In the coming days, Instagram users will be able to backdate the post, which means you can easily change the date of posting in the past. It will allow you to choose a specific date before the date of publication.
Directly post the Instagram post to Threads.
Instagram and Threads are both products of Meta. The seamless content-sharing company is regularly bringing some improvements to both applications. Now, with the coming updates, the company will provide some new enhancements for Instagram, including a button to directly share the same content to threads with a single click.
New “pop-mode and shot tools for content creation
The internal camera of Instagram is getting two new tools: pop mode, which may provide better rendering for the pop style. The second “shot may join the posts, stories, reels, and live content can be published within the app. However, currently, it’s not yet confirmed.
Create a cutout sticker from a video, keeping the audio
Instagram users will also have the ability to get the possibility of maintaining the auto when creating a sticker with a crop from a video.
New “Spins option for reels
With the traditional sharing options, the new reel will get a new feature of spins, and according to the description, it will allow people to change the audio or text in your reel. However, there is no exact information about the feature revealed.
Exit the group silently.
Instagram will provide a new feature that allows users to easily exit any group without notifying the group members. This feature is also available on WhatsApp.
Users can change the theme for chats.
In the coming days, users will also have the ability to change the chat theme, which means you will get some preloaded themes that, if you apply them, will change the background and colors of the DM section.
The event is no longer available on Instagram.
The event option, which provides you with details about some scheduled dates, will no longer be available. According to the information, it will not be available to use on March 19, so before it ends, you can download all the event details from the accounts center.
How to get all these features
As said earlier, these features are available to use for limited users, so if you want to try all these features, then you can try the new beta updates. To do that, you need to open the Google Play Store, then tap on the Join button. Once the process is completed, you will get a new update.
Samsung has released the Galaxy Enhance-X’s new update. The company doesn’t attach any specific changelog for the application; therefore, it looks like a standard improvement update, but after the installation, we got to know about some new changes in editing sections. Let’s take a deeper look.
Samsung Galaxy Enhance-X: new changes
Samsung has rolled out the new update for the Enhance-X with version number 2.0.89. With the latest version, users will get some new interface changes, including a new redesign of the editing suggestions and a new set of icons.
When you open a picture or video in the Galaxy Enhance-X, it automatically analyzes the content with its AI and suggests to you a set of options that you can use to easily edit. Despite the redesign of these options, the series of suggestions has not introduced any additional innovation.
Along with the icon changes, the company has also changed the order of them. The company has moved the ‘Fix lens distortion’ option from the section that offers the option of real test adjustment image or cropping to the secure related faces.
Installation
To get the advantages of fresh changes, you can check for the latest update. To do that, just go to the Galaxy Store and check for the list of updates. If you find the Galaxy Enhance-X new update available, tap on the update icon to get it on your device.
WhatsApp is one of the popular social media giants that is commonly used worldwide; however, at the same time that WhatsApp became popular gradually, several social media applications arrived, but they didn’t survive in the market. WhatsApp, with its convenient features, has a strong consumer base and is successful in providing better services. However, users who use the beta application sometimes get issues, like recently encountered annoying bug issues while opening the documents.
According to the reports, several users have faced an issue where they are unable to download the document file. Specifically, when they tap on the download button, it reacts as if the application is out of network and shows a pop-up message that says, “The download was unable to complete. Please try again later.” It is worth noticing that the issue only appears for beta testers. So a stable user will not get any trouble from this issue.
Usually, this type of pop-up message appears when you are not connected to the proper network. But according to the information, several beta testers are facing this issue while on a strong network. Most probably, it might be some server-side problem with interpreting the stable network.
However, WhatsApp has resolved the issue with the latest update, version 2.24.10.15. So if you are also facing the same issue, then try to update the application to the latest version. To do that, go to the Google Play Store, then search for WhatsApp, and tap on the update button.
Google already made the Android 15 Beta 1.2 available to download for Pixel owners and is gradually but actively moving towards the stable version. The stable version of Android 15 could offer more access to third-party developers for Digital Wellbeing tools.
A few years ago, Google introduced its Digital Wellbeing application in 2019, this helps users balance their digital lives by tracking how much time they spend on each application. It includes various tools such as Dashboard, App timers, and more.
Third-party developers have been limited in how they can use the digital wellbeing tools, but that may be changing with Android 15. For now, third-party applications can only make Do Not Disturb schedules using Android’s Digital Wellbeing APIs, but in the scenarios where Android 15 lands by the end of this year, they will get the power to more fully make use of the tools Google has been keeping to itself.
Particularly, third-party applications will be permitted to make changes to the screen, for instance, by turning off the Always On Display or authorizing Dark Mode. Granted, developers have acknowledged workarounds to enable those features, but now it appears that those functionalities will have official support, a report says.
If this report came true, then users would have a wider variety of applications to manage screen time and focus at their convenience, instead of relying simply on Google’s built-in tools. However, a few core functionalities; for instance, disabling touch and adjusting brightness will possibly remain restricted. It will be interesting to see the exact change in the stable version.