Instagram Live Videos May Get Moderator Feature

Instagram is making plans to bring a brand new function that permits users to feature a moderator to a live video. At present, only the person who has began out the live on the social network can control it. The upcoming characteristic for Instagram was first spotted by a top notch developer on Twitter.

According to him, the feature is in testing phase. Additionally, Instagram is stated to be introducing the feature to like Stories. Both functions are anticipated to take some time before they reach the overall audience. Noted developer Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) with a series of mockups on Twitter has recommended that Instagram is operating on a brand new feature that permits creators to feature a moderator after they do live videos.

However, the screenshot shared by Paluzzi indicates that the social media platform will permit the creator add only one moderator to a live video from their listing of ‘who’s watching’. At present, only the host who has began out the live can control it. The primary motive of a moderator is to assist the live host control the comments. With the imminent functionality, the moderator may be able to turn off comments, requests to go live, questions, and more, as per a report by 9to5Mac.

Additionally, Instagram is stated to be trying out the ability to like Stories. Instagram reportedly began out trying out this feature in August this year. A new screenshot shared by Paluzzi in a separate tweet indicates how the Like button will appear to be in the viewer listing.

Currently, users can only react to Stories, which shows up in their direct messages. There is no clarity on when the Like characteristic might be publicly available on Instagram however the builders are stated to be working on it. The photo-sharing platform owned by Meta (previously Facebook) has lately added a bunch of new functions.

Collabs, released in October allow users to put up the same content in a shared manner. Users can co-author Feed posts and Reels with others and both the creator names will appear at the header of the post. Instagram additionally lately released support for users to post pictures and videos from Web browsers.

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