Last month, Instagram revamped its "Create" category of stories to make it more interactive. Some features were added in that category including gifs, on this day, template, countdown, quiz, poll and so on.
Instagram's "create" category also has gifs, on this day, quiz, polls options as well.
First spotted by Matt Navarra, Instagram has now rolled out a "shoutout" feature to the "create" category of Instagram story. It comes in four options including Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary. You will be able to customise the colours of the backdrop and you can put old Instagram stories or posts with the person to whom you are giving the shoutout to!
You will get these templates in the new shoutout feature.
The cool part here is that all the stories and posts with that person will automatically show up and you can choose which one you want to post. Notably, only those stories and posts will show up here where you have tagged them or reposted their story.
[hq]How to use the "shoutout" feature of Instagram stories[/hq]
[hans][hstep]Step 1: Open Instagram stories and tap on "Create" category at the bottom[/hstep]
[hstep]Step 2: Tap on the heart shape icon[/hstep]
[hstep]Step 3: Tap on the "dice" icon at the top to change the template[/hstep]
[hstep]Step 4: You can choose the background colour by tapping on the tiny circle at the bottom left corner[/hstep]
[hstep]Step 5: Once you're done with this, type the username of the person to whom you want to shoutout to, in the given tab[/hstep]
[hstep]Step 6: Tap on "+" to choose from the old stories and posts (with the concerned person) that you would want to post[/hstep]
[hstep]Step 7: Tap on "send" sign once you're done and that's it[/hstep][/hans]
(Also read: Instagram removes the 'following' tab, a popular stalking tool; adds new features for 'create' tab)