Instagram is rolling out a bunch of changes this weekend that will conveniently make it look a lot more like TikTok, which could go dark in the US on Sunday now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the law banning the app if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell it.

Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that the Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok

Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. He credits today’s change to users’ feedback saying that the 90 seconds “is just too short.

If you double-tapped an Instagram Reel recently, your friends may be able to see it, thanks to a new Instagram update. Instagram Reels is introducing a new friends tab that shows you all the videos your friends have liked and engaged with, the company announced Friday. The new feature is rolling out starting today for US users.

With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based

Instagram has announced a major update to its Reels feature, letting users upload videos as long as three minutes. The change doubles the previous limit of just 90 seconds. The decision was announced by Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, who said the modification was done based on user feedback that "90 seconds is just too short."

These new Reels features are rolling out in the US first, with plans to expand to other regions in the future. With TikTok's potential exit, Instagram is strategically positioning itself to capture the attention of displaced users seeking similar content-sharing platforms.

These updates will initially roll out in the US, with plans to expand to other regions in the coming weeks, as confirmed by Instagram.

Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.

The updates come just as TikTok, one of Instagram’s biggest competitors in the short-form video space, faces a ban in the U.S. following a Supreme Court ruling.

Instagram is bringing back one of its more chaotic features, now reworked for the short-form video era. A new tab in the Reels feed will serve up videos that a user’s friends have liked or added commentary to,