# Instagram testing new features - Mute, Story Reactions, and more

**URL:** <https://mpsocial.com/t/instagram-testing-new-features-mute-story-reactions-and-more/42140>\
**Category:** Social Media News\
**Created:** [April 29, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/instagram-testing-new-features-mute-story-reactions-and-more/42140 "2018-04-29T04:38:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![fahmed](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/fahmed/32/21811_2.png) [@fahmed](https://mpsocial.com/u/fahmed)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/instagram-testing-new-features-mute-story-reactions-and-more/42140/1 "2018-04-29T04:38:17Z")

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Looks like Instagram’s playing with some new toys, like a mute function (finally) and story reactions and some other cool stuff.

> **[All the new rumored Instagram features that might kick Snapchat's ass](https://mashable.com/2018/04/28/instagram-mute-follower-slow-motion-features/)**
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> Snapchat's ass-whooping is gonna continue.

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**Author:** ![lazerlight](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@lazerlight](https://mpsocial.com/u/lazerlight)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/instagram-testing-new-features-mute-story-reactions-and-more/42140/2 "2018-04-30T08:27:08Z")

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Very interesting. In my mind, Snap has already lost this fight. They should have figured out a way to lock users onto their app, but instead they brought out easily copyable features that Facebook just had no problems copying.

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**Author:** ![tripleyourtribe](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/tripleyourtribe/32/7208_2.png) [@tripleyourtribe](https://mpsocial.com/u/tripleyourtribe)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/instagram-testing-new-features-mute-story-reactions-and-more/42140/3 "2018-05-01T02:40:06Z")

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Glad to see the reactions one. Its going to make it easier to get engagement from stories and actually have a better grasp at which ones are more interesting for fans.

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**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/instagram-testing-new-features-mute-story-reactions-and-more/42140/4 "2018-05-01T18:41:11Z")

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Looks like they’re also releasing a “video calls” feature: [https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/1/17306170/instagram-video-calls-explore-search](https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/1/17306170/instagram-video-calls-explore-search)