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, alongside 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 allowing users 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 blurring it. To see the full story, viewers will need to DM the poster. Poster approval is not 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 the poster's Instagram followers can also add whatever music they want. It works similarly to the Add Your Pictures or Reel sticker. People who see the story can click 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 frame sticker option, which turns any photo into an instant Polaroid-like print. The cutout sticker option, true to its name, allows users to create stickers with cutouts of different images for use on Instagram stories.

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

Meta recently confirmed that Instagram will test features that blur messages with nudity to protect teen users and “prevent potential scammers from reaching them.” This announcement came after growing allegations that Meta-owned apps were addictive and contributed to mental health problems among young people.