Full list of changes coming to Instagram in 2025 ahead of iconic feature removal
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Instagram might look a little different by the end of the year. Tech giant Meta has spent months tinkering with the social media app, quietly testing new functions before rolling them out in updates. But here are some of the upcoming changes, as well as the ones you might have missed.
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Well, kind of. Story Highlights are the row of circles below user profiles that display, well, Instagram Stories the user has posted. After picking a few stories to promote, they can set a display picture for the bubble and name it. But after quietly testing it out last year, Story Highlights are to move to a dedicated tab on user profiles, marked by a heart between the grid and Reels tabs.
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Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, admitted in November that the move will be ‘contentious’. ‘We’re trying to figure out a way to improve the profile and try to get more of the content above the fold and simplify it,’ he said on Instagram Live.
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‘And one of the ideas we’re exploring is integrating highlights into the grid.’. ‘Contentious’ is one way of putting it. On X, some users said they would be ‘so done’ if Instagram changed Story Highlights. ‘Instagram is removing highlight bubbles WTF? Bro, that’s my whole personality, I’m nothing my acc is nothing without them,’ one said.
Another added: ‘If Instagram removes highlights, I’m so done? I actually won’t exist on that app.’. But as Mosseris said, Highlights aren’t gone for good. ‘Bear with us as we try to figure out a simple, effective solution that empowers creators to shape their profiles but also keeps the experience simple for the viewer,’ he added.
