Instagram is working on a new feature that will allow you to set featured images on your profile. So he comments TechCrunch, who has had the opportunity to confirm it by speaking with the company in question. With this feature, you will be able to choose the images that you want to be seen first.
At the moment, the function is in testing period, although the platform has not offered a launch date for all users. However, a feature of this style would be well received by the vast majority, since you will have the freedom to decide which images are preferred and set them as main.
According to the aforementioned medium, “this function could be useful for creators who publish often, but want to highlight a specific post“.
How the new Instagram option works
The explanation offered by the source seems to indicate that it is a simple process. Of course, since it’s not officially available yet, it’s likely to be subject to change at some point before release. However, if you want to select a favorite picture from your profile, you just have to tap on the three points that appear in the top right corner of your posts.
Here, you will see an option that says ‘Pin to your profile‘. By tapping here, you’ll set the featured image so it’s the first thing people see when they log into your account.
According to Alessandro Paluzzi, an expert in reverse engineering and in uncovering details of future functions in social networks, Meta has been working on this feature for some time now.. In fact, it was in January that Paluzzi first announced on his Twitter account that “Instagram is working on the possibility of pinning posts to your profile.” Also uploading an image of what the feature could look like in its final release.
Until now, Instagram allowed us to highlight Stories on our profile. In this way, we could create collections of memories that appear in the form of bubbles when entering our account. In this case, we can customize the names and “cover” image of each one.
Now, it seems that Instagram is starting to reshape how our profile works too. In fact, a few months ago some rumors claimed that, in the future, we could organize our profile in any way. This means that we will be able to escape from the chronological order to which the application has tied us since its creation. However, it’s been a while since we heard anything about it.
Recently, Instagram has received its fair share of changes to how it works. In fact, very recently the chronological order in the Start returned, a function that we had not seen for a few years. In addition to this, the company has been making more and more efforts to improve its famous Reels.
From Meta they seem to have realized that TikTok is becoming a serious threat for business; so they have decided to copy some functions such as Remixes, the possibility of creating Reels from templates, and other features.