Instagram keep working on new features in the social media app for Android. We discover the hidden flags to activate the upcoming features and bring them to you through reverse engineering the BETA app.
In the recent findings, I discovered a few new features coming up to Instagram’s Android app. Let’s have a look at these upcoming features.
Instagram Safety Check
Instagram is working on a new security feature called Safety Check. In sidebar menu of Instagram, a new option “Safety Check” appeared.
Navigating to the “Safety Check” option brings a page where you can set Two Factor Authentication, Filter out Bad comments, setup Who can message you and Who can tag you in Photos, as you can see in screenshot below.
Encrypted Messaging
Instagram is working on “Encrypted Messaging”, maybe as an inspiration from Signal. Instagram removed Video call from Encrypted Messaging, and only media option available is Photos. Here’s how Encrypted Messaging UI will look like:
Instagram Stories Bug
Instagram was receiving a lot of complaints of Instagram stories and posts getting deleted automatically. Instagram started investigating, found out that it was a bug, and fixed it real quick. After that they apologized to users and explained about the bug in a post by Instagram Comms on Twitter.
We know that some people are experiencing issues uploading and viewing stories. This is a widespread global technical issue not related to any particular topic and we’re fixing it right now. We’ll provide an update as soon as we can.
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) May 6, 2021
We've now fixed this issue. It impacted many Stories containing re-shared posts created yesterday and early this morning, plus Highlights + Archive more broadly. We're sorry to all impacted, especially those raising awareness for important causes globally. https://t.co/8NI3IS1jeH
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) May 7, 2021
Wanted to provide a bit more information on what happened here. We are so sorry to everyone who was impacted by this. https://t.co/BFxyJfRbSR pic.twitter.com/3J9YGyRYdS
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) May 7, 2021
Note: All the features mentioned above are not available to end users, but they can be activated and confirmed by reverse engineering the latest APK file.
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