Instagram recently unveiled Stories on its ever-growing social platform, that allows users to stitch together multiple photos or videos which automatically disappear after 24 hours. Despite the controversial launch, people are actually posting and viewing stories regularly instead of the standard uploads. Unfortunately, the feature hasn’t been made available to Instagram’s website and due to the defined expiry period, we tend to miss a lot of posts. Thankfully, there’s a Chrome extension now that allows you to view and even download Instagram Stories on desktop.
Jump to Archive stories in your Instagram app - This is a great option provided as a setting in your Instagram app. It allows you to activate an. 1) Download the Story Reposter app from the App Store for free, and launch the app. 2) In the search bar, type in the Instagram username of a user you want to download the stories from. Select the user from the search results. This Instagram Stories app is totally free to use, and will have you creating high-quality, animated Instagram Stories in just minutes! Free download: iOS & Android. Instagram Stories Animation App #3: Add Motion to Your Images with Enlight Pixaloop.
Chrome IG Story, a free extension for Google Chrome is a straightforward approach for embedding stories on Instagram’s official web interface. It, essentially, adds recent Stories on top of your feed just like what you get on the mobile application. Posts which aren’t checked by you are surrounded by a vibrant circle and the rest with a gray one. For viewing a story, tap on the person’s profile picture and for moving between the previous or next photo/video, click the arrows present on both sides of the screen or perform a swipe action through the trackpad. You can even go full-screen by tapping the icon present on top left corner. The tool even provides a native zooming option if you click the playing moment itself. If you need to exit the story, either press Esc or the “down arrow” located on the top left corner below fullscreen. Sadly, you can’t switch to the next Instagram story directly, you’ll need to go back and open another one to view.
Another advantage of installing the extension is the ability to download any Instagram Story on your timeline. You just need to right-click a particular post and voila! There’s a “download story” option. It will fetch the entire story in a zip file for saving. Lengthy uploads do take a couple of seconds, though. That’s about it, Chrome IG Story is definitely a must-have Chrome extension if you’re regular Instagram user and the best part is that it is entirely free of cost, so go ahead and give it a whirl.
Use Instagram to:
* Post photos and videos you want to keep on your profile grid. Edit them with filters and creative tools and combine multiple clips into one video.
* Browse photos and videos from people you follow in your feed. Interact with posts you care about with likes and comments.
* Share multiple photos and videos (as many as you want!) to your story. Bring them to life with text, drawing tools and other creative effects. . They disappear after 24 hours and won’t appear on your profile grid or in feed.
* Go live to connect with your friends in the moment. Try going live with a friend and sharing a replay to your story when you’re done.
* Message your friends privately in Direct. Send them photos and videos that disappear and share content you see on Instagram.
* Watch stories and live videos from the people you follow in a bar at the top of your feed.
* Discover photos, videos and stories you might like and follow new accounts on the Explore tab.
