Instagram has not been shy about competing head-to-head with Snapchat, and a new update today continues that trend. In a blog post, Instagram announced a new feature that allows users to “remix” photos from friends…
The company says that, when viewing images from friends, users can tap the camera icon in the lower left corner to access annotation features. From there, they can add stickers, text, and drawings directly to the image and send it back “for a fun visual of the conversation.”
This is one of the top features of Snapchat, which has supported image annotations since the beginning. What makes Instagram’s implementation unique, however, is that users can annotate images originally shared by other users. In Snapchat, users can only annotate their own images and images from news sources such as CNN and The Daily Mail.
In addition to the new Remix feature, Instagram is making changes to replays, including a new endless loop option:
Instagram says these changes are rolling out today on both iOS and Android. Note that if you don’t have the updates yet, it may take a few days to hit your account.