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How to check "Your Activity" on Instagram

How to check "Your Activity" on Instagram

Instagram is rolling out a new feature called “Your Activity” dashboard which tells you the time you spent using the app on a daily basis. You can find this option under the user Settings within the Instagram app.

The activity dashboard is rolling out to both iOS and Android devices. If you don’t see it on your device yet, fret not! It’s only rolling out gradually and might take some time before Instagram enables it for you as well.

Apart from activity reports, you can also set daily reminders to notify you when you&

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What is the correct resolution for IGTV videos

What is the correct resolution for IGTV videos

Being a smartphone focused video sharing platform, IGTV is entirely different from YouTube, FaceBook, and other similar services. If you’re a professional and looking to upload quality videos to IGTV, you need to do certain things differently for IGTV.

IGTV only supports vertical videos. It is a considerable change for creators who have just mastered recording in landscape formats until now. Recording vertical videos can be tricky initially because it significantly limits the field of view.

Also, it’s essential that you focus on the aspect ratio, resolution, and size of the videos for IGTV that you

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How to call someone on Instagram

How to call someone on Instagram

Instagram has finally released the much-awaited video calling feature to their iOS and Android apps. To make a call to someone on Instagram, you must follow them, and they must follow you back.

You cannot make a call to someone who doesn’t follow you on Instagram. This restriction is a huge relief to those who were concerned about the video calling feature on Instagram when the first rumors came.

How to call someone on Instagram

  1. Open the Instagram app on your device.
  2. Tap on the Airplane icon at the top-right corner of the screen to open the Messages
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Instagram Video Calling Not Working? Here's why

Instagram Video Calling Not Working? Here's why

Instagram recently released video calling feature for its users. The new feature is available on both Android and iOS devices, and users can make cross-platform video calls to their friends and family members through the new service.

To make a video call on Instagram, you’ve to go to the Direct Message screen » then select the person you wish to call, and then tap on the Video camera icon at the top-right corner of the screen to initiate a call.

You can video chat simultaneously with up to four people on Instagram. To add more people to your

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How to Edit Videos for IGTV

How to Edit Videos for IGTV

The IGTV by Instagram uses a vertical format for video which isn’t very popular among professional creators yet. Users prefer to shoot videos in the landscape format only because it’s wide and our computers/TV screens feature the same aspect ratio. But for smartphone users, IGTV’s format makes sense.

If you upload videos shot in 16:9 landscape format to IGTV, they will appear cropped when played in the IGTV app. To avoid cropping, you need to edit your landscape videos before uploading to IGTV.

Luckily, we have free apps available for both iPhone

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How to Download IGTV videos for Offline viewing

How to Download IGTV videos for Offline viewing

It has only been a day since Instagram launched IGTV, but creators around the world have already started uploading vertical videos to the new video sharing platform. As a user, if you like a video on IGTV and would like to save or download it for offline viewing, there’s currently no official way to do that.

We are pretty sure third-party developers will soon launch apps for both iOS and Android to help users download IGTV videos, but for the time being, we have a quick workaround to download videos from IGTV to your computer.

When viewing a

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