Instagram launches its BeReal clone, Candid Stories
The app also introduced a new Notes feature and group profiles.
BeReal Instagram clone is now official. Meta introduced "Candid Stories", a new feature with Instagram Stories that recreates BeReal's iconic daily selfies.
BeReal, which originally launched in 2019, has grown in popularity over the past year, especially among teens and Gen Z users. authentic to mainstream social media platforms as it allows only one daily post and offers limited ways for users to interact with each other.
Like BeReal, Instagram's Candid will prompt users once a day to share a selfie, and users will only be able to see their friends' Candids once they upload their own. Candid selfies, like BeReal posts, will take a photo simultaneously with a device's front and back cameras.
Meta has been working on a version of Candid since at least this summer, when a feature called "Candid Challenges" was spotted in the app. The company said at the time that it was an "internal prototype". Snapchat and TikTok have also launched versions of BeReal in recent months.
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But BeReal isn't the only platform Instagram is using with its latest update. The app also introduces a new "Notes" feature, which allows users to add a 60-character status update to their profile in Instagram's inbox. Like Candid, Instagram has been testing Notes for months, but the feature may have taken on new meaning after Elon Musk took over Twitter. The New York Times reported last week that some at Meta have suggested Notes could help the company compete with Twitter at a time when many are looking for alternatives.
Instagram is also introducing a few other features aimed at getting users to interact in small groups. "Group Profiles" will allow groups of friends to create shared profiles with multiple contributors. Likewise, the app is testing "collaborative collections" so that multiple people can share posts in the same space of the app.
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The app also introduced a new Notes feature and group profiles.
BeReal Instagram clone is now official. Meta introduced "Candid Stories", a new feature with Instagram Stories that recreates BeReal's iconic daily selfies.
BeReal, which originally launched in 2019, has grown in popularity over the past year, especially among teens and Gen Z users. authentic to mainstream social media platforms as it allows only one daily post and offers limited ways for users to interact with each other.
Like BeReal, Instagram's Candid will prompt users once a day to share a selfie, and users will only be able to see their friends' Candids once they upload their own. Candid selfies, like BeReal posts, will take a photo simultaneously with a device's front and back cameras.
Meta has been working on a version of Candid since at least this summer, when a feature called "Candid Challenges" was spotted in the app. The company said at the time that it was an "internal prototype". Snapchat and TikTok have also launched versions of BeReal in recent months.
Meta
But BeReal isn't the only platform Instagram is using with its latest update. The app also introduces a new "Notes" feature, which allows users to add a 60-character status update to their profile in Instagram's inbox. Like Candid, Instagram has been testing Notes for months, but the feature may have taken on new meaning after Elon Musk took over Twitter. The New York Times reported last week that some at Meta have suggested Notes could help the company compete with Twitter at a time when many are looking for alternatives.
Instagram is also introducing a few other features aimed at getting users to interact in small groups. "Group Profiles" will allow groups of friends to create shared profiles with multiple contributors. Likewise, the app is testing "collaborative collections" so that multiple people can share posts in the same space of the app.
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you purchase something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices correct at time of publication.
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