Instagram New Hidden Features for Valentines Day Available for Limited Time How To Use

Instagram has introduced new features to add something new to your Valentine's Day celebration. Two new features have been added by the Meta-owned social media platform, but they aren't very easy to find. These hidden features can only be triggered by performing certain tasks inside the Android or iOS app. One of these features is included in the Notes section on the Direct Message (DM) page. The second feature is hidden in Stories.

The first feature is a floating or exploding heart animation, which can be seen when using the Notes feature. Users who write Valentine's Day-related keywords such as “Happy Valentine's Day”, “Happy Vday”, or “Vday” in their notes will receive a DM message that displays floating hearts across the screen. The same effect can be seen by tapping on a note with Valentine's Day-themed words.

The second feature is available in 'Stories'. When you share a new Story, you can select a specific @mention in the stickers section. The new mansion is pink in color and has two hearts on either side of the mansion. Using this to tag another person and then post a Story will trigger the same floating hearts animation. Similarly, tapping on another user's Story with this mention will restart the animation.

While the features have been rolled out and some users have reported using them, it is not yet available to all users. According to the company, these features are being introduced on the occasion of Valentine's Day, but they will remain in the app till Thursday.

The Meta-owned platform is also experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI)-based features. Recently, a report highlighted that Instagram is working on an AI message-writing feature that will allow users to rewrite, annotate, and make stylistic changes to their written messages in chats.