Instagram on 5th Feb tweeted its new update that has got the media on fire. All these days we have been using Instagram stories to share memes, share what we like, share what we don’t like and everything that does not deserve to be in a post but people need to know. Along with sharing, we have also made sure that we reply and express what we feel about other stories to them. All this still remains the same, but, with a small twist. GIF!

Instagram is one of its recent tweets said that “PSA: You can now reply to your friends’ stories using @GIPHY GIFs! Update your app to try it. ” and this news spread like wildfire. Come to look at it this update is not a huge change but to those of you who love GIFs, this is nothing less than a huge update. This literally means that now you can reply to your friend’s story with your favourite GIF!!

Wondering how to do it?

Well, it’s simple really. All you have to do is search the keyword that will lead you to your favourite GIF in the reply box this will give you some suggestions to choose from and tadaaa you can send them. This will increase the way you interact with stories because often it happens that you want to say something specific with a specific expression that can neither be described with words or emo that is when we switch to GIFs really and now you have them at your service.

So's a thing - you presently have one more approach to draw in with Stories in a way that won't become tedious or tyrannical, particularly when the beneficiaries' inbox tops off with humorous and unique GIFs.

In reality, it'll presumably end up being well known, adding an alternate method to react to Stories outlines.

Brand and promoting contemplations could incorporate GIF answer rivalries, or prompts to come up share GIF responses dependent on your Stories casings (and you would then be able to share the best ones, labelling the responders).

To give it a shot for yourself, you have to refresh to the most recent adaptation (127.0 on iOS) of the application.

The GIF has always been a great source of expression for the Instagrammers and now the extension of its use will always make things better. Up to this point, Instagram clients had the option to utilize GIFs from Giphy as stickers in their Stories. Instagram reported the new element by means of a tweet. Clients should refresh the application on their Android or iOS gadgets to utilize it. The element will permit clients to answer to their companions' Stories utilizing GIFs from Giphy.

Instagram had before added support for Giphy to its immediate messages include in 2018. The new component currently brings a comparative capacity yet for Stories. GIFs can here and there be a superior method to react to your companions' Stories than basic words or the default set of emoticons. Giphy has an enormous database of GIF pictures for pretty much any conceivable response you could consider.

These GIF will always be better than texts or emojis and will turn the tables for the way social media interacts with each other and hence will be a game-changing feature that has come in 2020. This feature will create a new trend and that might change the way stories work.