Instagram is working on a TikTok-style vertical feed for Stories

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram might try to emulate another element of TikTok’s design with a new vertical feed for Stories, TechCrunch reports. Navigating with vertical swipes up and down would make stories behave more like Reels, the shortform video feature the company added to better compete with TikTok. The vertical stories feed is not currently being tested, Instagram confirmed to TechCrunch, but code for the change is already in development based on this screenshot developer Alessandro Paluzzi shared. It’s not much to go on, but it does show Instagram is at least considering the adjustment to its ever-expanding features. #Instagram is working on Vertical Stories Swipe up and down to browse stories. pic.twitter.com/LDJje8l137— Alessandro Paluzzi... Continue reading…
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