Instagram was launched in the year 2010, in IOS, owned by the Facebook Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California. Instagram is one of the best social media platforms where you can easily share your experience with your friends and families. It is a platform where you can increase your artistic ability, and can also improve your communication skill. It helps in starting a business with a small number of the customer which later on grows rapidly. If you have some business or shop you can advertise your product by posting it in your Instagram account which helps in gaining more customers. The pictures or videos that we upload remain as long as we did not remove it from our account.




INSTAGRAM REEL

Instagram has released it's the newest feature called “REEL” to compete against TikTok. Seeing the craze for TikTok among the youth, the Facebook Instagram taking advantage of it grabbed the opportunity and launched the Instagram reel feature. India is the fourth country where this feature has been introduced.
Users can create short videos of up to 15 seconds. You can edit the video using the filters, AR effect, and audio files. Instagram is not only about sharing photos and videos but by adding this feature [i.e. reel] we can also create content in a very creative manner.
You can find reel right alongside the boomerang and superzoom features. Reels can be made by recording in silence, borrowing audios from other videos, or simply lip-sync to a popular song. You can even change the color of the videos, use fast motion, slow motion quite easily.
It is available on users to feed under video icon, placed between pictures and IGTV icon.
Unlike stories, reel stays in your profile like the post and IGTV content. You can choose who you want to share the reel. If your account is public you can share it in the explore section, If not you can just add it to your Instagram story so that it can only be viewed by your followers.






INSTAGRAM REEL FEATURES:-

The reel option is present near the Instagram camera. By clicking on it you will find all the reel tools on the left, with which you can edit your videos.

The tools provided are:-
•        Audio effect:-You can add song or voice in your Instagram reel using an Instagram music library. You can even make your own voice but for doing so you need to record your voice while recording the video.
•        Timer:- Freehand videos can be made by simply using the timer and the countdown option.
•        Speed:-You can give a good effect to your reel by simply decreasing its speed. Once you are done you can share your reel in the explore section or even in your Instagram stories.
•        Filters:- To make your reel unique and more creative you can add filters to it. Making videos with your friends is also possible by using the duet option.





HOW TO WATCH INSTAGRAM REELS:-

Step 1:-EXPLORE CONTENT

Tap on the magnifying glass in your account. Then tap on the reel and just scroll down to watch as many numbers of videos you want to watch. The explore section provides you with the contents of your interest based on your likes and dislikes.

Step 2:-BROWSE CONTENT

To locate your reels icon browse your feed. Once you have located your reels icon and watched the video just remember to swipe down otherwise the same video will go on playing in a loop.





This was all about the new feature by INSTAGRAM.