Instagram Stories adds new stickers including frames, reveal and more

Instagram has released a bunch of new interactive sticker options for users to use in their stories. Instagram Stories is a popular way to share content on the platform, from posting an image, video or Reel. Users can upload text, images or video stories and can even combine elements of all these options. The new stickers are said to help users express themselves more creatively. One of the many features includes users being able to make stickers to use on their Instagram stories from existing photos in their albums.

Meta confirmed the new series of interactive stickers for Instagram Stories in a blog post. One of the most innovative additions is the Reveal sticker, which essentially “hides” story content by obscuring it. To see the full story, viewers will need to DM the poster. No poster approval required. Once the DM is delivered to the person who posted the story with the Reveal sticker, the viewer will be able to see the entire content of the story.

The company is also introducing a new add-your-music sticker, to which followers of the Instagram poster can also add their music of choice. It works similarly to add your images or the Reel sticker. People who view the story can click on the sticker to post a story with the same sticker along with images and music of their choice.

Instagram Stories will also now have a Frames sticker option that turns any photo into an instant Polaroid-like print. The Cutouts sticker option, true to its name, allows users to create stickers with cutouts from various images to use on Instagram Stories.

Meanwhile, Instagram also recently added a new feature to its iOS app that helps make clicking and posting stories more accessible. iOS users can now add a new lock screen widget that directly opens Story Camera, allowing users to click a photo or capture a video and post it as a story without opening the main Instagram app.

Meta recently confirmed that Instagram will test features that obfuscate nudity messages to protect teenage users and “prevent potential scammers from reaching them.” The announcement came amid growing allegations that Meta-owned apps are addictive and have contributed to mental health problems among young people.