Instagram Plus Subscription Reportedly in Testing With Premium Story Tools Exclusive Features

A new paid subscription called Instagram Plus, which appears to be testing a series of premium features focused on Stories, could bring in ‘the latest paid memberships that are available for sale and purchase. Early details suggest it may include tools to manage story audiences, track rewatch insights and extend the duration of their Instagram stories beyond 24 hours limit. New interaction could also offer user options to increase visibility and engagement through users’ choice of boosting the visibility, as well as engaging. It is under testing, meaning Instagram has continued to push for adding paid features to its platform.

Instagram Plus May Bring Story Insights, Longer Stories and More Controls

A Threads post by social media consultant Matt Navarra said Instagram Plus will be like Snapchat Plus and is likely to offer users with a set of exclusive features. He said ‘The new feature is now being tested in the Philippines for PHP 65 (roughly Rs. a month, 100) per . This screenshot also shows a one-month free trial of in the shared screenshot before subscription automatically renews.

The image shared suggests that Instagram Plus is largely focused on the social media sites’ Stories feature, according to the image. They can share stories with different groups of people and see how many times their stories are rewatched by users. could also search the audience list and preview a story before posting it.

In a statement, Navarra also says that Instagram is testing the subscription “in ‘a few countries around the world”, and that it now allows users to create unlimited audience lists for stories (including Close Friends), and extend their story by another 24 hours. Subscribers can also preview stories without appearing in the viewers list, see how many people rewatched an Instagram story, choose one story a week to “spotlight” for more views and receive ‘Superlike’ button for stories.

In addition to preserving Stories live for longer, that is, over 24 hours and sending super hearts to show stronger reactions on Instagram Plus subscribers may also be the spotlight a Story to reach more people. They say these features will give users more control and help increase engagement on Stories.

In a development stage earlier this year, it was seen that such features were in ‘an early phase of development’. In a statement, Instagram has not confirmed that Instagram Plus is still in the pipeline and said no when it plans to roll out more widely.

Instagram recently announced that it will stop support for end-to-end encrypted chats beginning May 8. If you use that date, users will be unable to access existing encrypted conversations. By the time it has prompted users to download their messages and media, they have been asked by the platform. For example, some users may need to update the app to access this option.