Instagram’s new Reels Visual Replies are just another feature copied from TikTok

Instagram has added another strikingly acquainted feature to Reels: the flexibility so as to add a person remark to a video (via TechCrunch). Now, if a person feedback on a reel you’ve posted, tapping the “reply” button will allow you to add a sticker of the remark right into a new reel, which you’ll then transfer round or change its shade.

As Twitter customers identified within the feedback of Instagram’s announcement post, the feature is similar to how TikTok helps you to do video replies. As of now, it appears restricted to just feedback in your reels — I wasn’t in a position to make stickers out of feedback on picture posts or feedback on different peoples’ reels.

Tapping reply on a remark, then tapping the digital camera button provides that remark as a sticker in a new reel.

You’ll be able to then resize, transfer, or change the colour of the remark.

Since its launch in August 2020 (once we known as it “much like TikTok”), Instagram’s tweaks and additions have made the 2 platforms really feel increasingly alike. The utmost time restrict for Reels was bumped up just a few instances, reaching the one-minute mark in July (just after TikTok raised its max size from one minute to a few). Instagram additionally helps you to “remix” reels, much like TikTok’s “duet” feature, and it just lately added the text-to-speech and voice impact options which have been a staple for TikTok.

Even when Reels Visual Replies aren’t authentic, it’s good to see that Instagram’s adopting the feature. It’s a enjoyable approach to work together along with your viewers, and whereas it is probably not the factor that will get creators to leap over from TikTok (it’s definitely not as engaging as Instagram’s up-to $35,000 bonuses for posting Reels), it’s not less than one fewer factor that’s lacking from Meta’s model of the app.

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