Screenshot showing the new link sticker on Instagram

Instagram rolling out link sticker worldwide

Instagram is rolling out the link sticker worldwide, giving users the ability to add clickable links on their stories to any external link of their choice.

Instagram Stories gains text translation, supporting 90+ languages

Instagram Stories now translates text in multiple languages

If you’ve ever seen text on Instagram Stories in a different language but wanted to know its meaning, now you can with the rollout of text translation.

Instagram rolls out ads for Reels across the Middle East

Instagram has rolled out advertising on Reels for businesses across the Middle East and North Africa region.

Instagram Reels expanding to more markets in Middle East region

Announced at House of Instagram virtual event on 15 March 2021, Instagram is expanding the availability of Reels to more countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. When it launched globally in august 2020, Egypt was the only country in the MENA region to access it.

Music is available on Facebook and Instagram across the MENA region

Facebook and Instagram launch Music in the MENA region

Remeber how you saw someone’s Stories which had Music, and it shows “Instagram Music isn’t available in your region”? That’s now a thing of the past, as Facebook and Instagram have rolled out Music for user across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.

Twitter testing shopping card in the Middle East

Twitter testing new shopping card in Middle East

Twitter is trying out new shopping features, and looks like it’s being done here in the Middle East. Currently, it shows up on an Android device. Expect it to expand to iOS and web in the future.