Meta rolls out new stickers in Instagram Stories to enhance creativity & connection

Meta has introduced new stickers in Instagram Stories to enhance creativity and connection among people. The launch includes Add Yours Music, Frames, Reveal, and Cutouts stickers, allowing users to share their favourite songs, showcase memories, create hidden stories, and turn any photo or video into a custom sticker. These new tools provide innovative ways for users to engage with friends and followers, fostering more interactive and dynamic experiences in Stories.

The new stickers in Instagram Stories, giving users more ways to connect with friends over the things they care about most. Whether one wants to share their favourite song of the day or create their own custom stickers from their photos or videos, these new tools will inspire users to get creative in Stories.

Share favourite songs with ‘Add Yours Music’

Combining the fun of the Add Yours feature with the music sticker, the Add Yours Music sticker allows users to share a song that fits their mood with their followers, who can add their music too.

Tap the stickers icon, then tap on the icon that says “Add Yours Music.”
Once selected, tap on “+ / Add Music” to select a song from Instagram’s music library.
Once you post your story, your friends will be able to add their own song using the “Add Yours” button.

Spotlight memories with the Frames sticker

Whether one wants to shine a spotlight on memories with friends or throw back to a special moment, the Frames sticker turns any photo into an instant print. To reveal the content inside, the followers will have to shake their phone to develop the image.

When creating a story, tap the stickers icon, then tap on the Frames sticker.
This will open up your photo gallery, where you can select one image to be framed.
Once you select an image, you can also add a caption if you choose. It will automatically add the date and timestamp of when the photo was taken.
After you post your story, your friends and followers can shake their phone or tap the “shake to reveal” button to develop the image inside the frame.

Uncover hidden stories with the Reveal sticker

With the Reveal sticker, users can post a hidden story for their friends and followers to uncover. The only way for them to see the content is to send the user a DM.

When creating a story, tap the stickers icon, then tap on the icon that says Reveal.
Once you select the Reveal sticker, you will be prompted to type a hint for friends about what they might find behind your blurred story.
You can tap the “Preview” icon in the bottom left hand corner to see how your story will appear to friends.
Once you post your story, your friends will only be able to see your story content if they DM you. But you won’t need to approve every DM for your story to be revealed.

Get creative with Cutouts

With the Cutouts sticker, users can transform even their most casual, everyday moments into something unique to share with their friends. Users can turn part of any video or photo in their camera roll into a custom sticker that they can add to their story or Reel. Once the user creates their cutouts, they are saved and easily accessible in their sticker tray, so that the users can come back to them time and time again. Users can even let others save and reuse the cutout stickers that they created in their Reels and stories.

To create a sticker from your camera roll:

Tap the stickers icon at the top, then tap on the scissors icon that says “Cutouts.”
Select a photo or video with a clear subject from your gallery.
A sticker will be automatically generated. If it’s not what you wanted, you can manually select the object you want for your sticker. Note: you can only pick one object.
Tap the “Use sticker” button to add it to your reel or story.

To create a sticker from photos on Instagram:

Go to the photo you’d like to transform into a sticker. Note: you’ll only see the option to create a sticker from eligible photos shared by public accounts on Instagram.
Tap the three dots in the top right of the post.
Tap Create sticker.