How to add music to an Instagram post

All Instagram users in Argentina can now add music to their photo posts in the Feed. This is a new function that is being tested in the country, with the aim of giving the community more ways to express itself.

Since March 28, this tool has been enabled that allows you to choose a song and select fragments up to 90 seconds long to add to photo posts in Feed.

With this, users will be able to include music that may be appropriate to the moment of the photograph they share, as if it were the soundtrack of that publication, in order, according to Instagram, it allows “to explore new ways of publishing in Feed and strengthen the connection with the community”, while, “for artists, it is also another way of share their work and interact with their audience.”

The tool available in Argentina is easy to use, you just need to follow a few simple steps.

1.- Select a photo to publish it in the Feed and click on “Add Music”.

2.- Search for specific songs in the “Search” field or browse the songs in the “Trends” or “For you” sections.

3.- Select the song you want to add to the photo.

4.- You can select the fragment and up to 90 seconds of the song to include it in the publication of the Feed.

5.- Click on “Done” and then on “Share”.

It should be emphasized again that this is a trial version and will not be available for carousel publications.

On the other hand, to listen to the songs that others have added, just tap the “audio” icon on the photos with music. To learn more about the song you can click on the name of the artist or song in the top corner. If you would like to share a photo with the same song, you can click on the audio and have the track pre-selected for publication in the Feed.

As you can see, the mechanism for inserting music tracks is similar to that of Stories and Reels, so it shouldn't be a problem to start using the tool.

Users who live in the region and do not yet have the feature, should download the latest Instagram update from their official app store so that they can start adding music to their Feed posts.

This tool is in addition to the most recent platform updates, which added controls for users to decide what they want to see in their Feeds thanks to the addition of two different views on the home screen that give a total of three options: Home, Favorites and Following.

The Home mode is the one that has always been there and that everyone already knows; Favorites, will show the posts of the selected accounts in chronological order. That is, you can choose the favorite accounts from which you don't want to lose any content.

Finally, Next will show posts only from people who follow each other. “See the latest posts from the accounts you follow, in the order they were published.” Both Favorites and Following will display posts in chronological order, so you can quickly catch up on recent posts.

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