Instagram 2025: The Tricks You Need to Know Now

Instagram continues to evolve to remain the quintessential visual social network, and its latest updates for July 2025 are designed to radically change the user experience. Meta's platform has integrated new music-focused features, generative artificial intelligence, and more powerful editing tools, directly impacting how we create and consume content in Stories and Reels.

If you want to get the most out of the app, it's essential that you know these new features. Below, we've broken down the most important changes and how you can start using them today.

This is perhaps the most anticipated change among users. Until now, music in Stories and Reels was limited to 15- to 90-second snippets. With the new update, Instagram has integrated a music library that allows users to listen to full songs used in posts, without time restrictions.

• How does it work? When you watch a Story or Reel with a song, you can tap the music sticker to open an interface that lets you play the entire song without leaving the app.
• Impact: This makes Instagram an even more powerful music discovery platform, competing directly with services like TikTok and Spotify. For artists, it's a new window for massive promotion.

Generative artificial intelligence is making a strong comeback in Instagram Stories, offering creative tools previously only possible with advanced editing software.

• Background Generation: With a simple tap, you can ask the AI ​​to create a completely new background for your Story. For example, you can take a photo of yourself in your bedroom and ask the AI ​​to place you on a paradise beach.
• Restyle your photos: You can use simple text prompts like “Add a watercolor style” or “Remove the object on the right” to modify your images directly in the app.

"This AI integration into Stories democratizes content creation. You no longer need to be a Photoshop expert to create impactful images," notes one social media analyst.

For content creators who record videos by speaking into the camera, Instagram has added a revolutionary feature to its video editing app, 'Edits': a built-in teleprompter.

• What does it do? It lets you read a script directly from the screen while recording your Reel. You can adjust the speed and size of the text to match your speaking rhythm.
• Benefits: Drastically reduces the number of takes needed, helps make the message clearer, and gives videos a much more professional look.

In addition to these three major new features, the update includes several other significant improvements that are being tested or deployed:

• Stories and Reels merger (in testing): Instagram is experimenting with the idea of ​​combining Stories and Reels into a single tab. The goal is to simplify the interface and give more prominence to the vertical video format.
• Greater mention control: You can now decide who can mention you in their posts: everyone, only people you follow, or no one. You can also block specific profiles.
• Reel Password Lock: An experimental feature will allow creators to password-lock certain Reels, which they would then share with their most loyal followers via captions, creating a sense of exclusivity.
• Storyline feature: Multiple users can collaborate by adding their own Stories to a shared timeline, ideal for group events or trips.
• Official Repost: A feature has been added to repost other users' posts and Reels (as long as the original creator allows it), which will appear in a new section of your profile.

These updates demonstrate that Instagram wants to be not just a place to share photos, but a complete, interactive content creation ecosystem powered by the most advanced technology.