Report says Instagram planning support for hour-long videos

Himanshu, 06 June 2018

Facebook-owned Instagram currently allows users to publish videos with length up to one minute. However, if a new report is to go by, that limit is set to change. The report notes the company is planning offering users the ability to post whopping hour-long videos.

The functionality will focus on vertical videos (those that have more height than their width). Instagram has been in touch with content creators and publishers over long form videos, the report says.

While Instagram hasn't officially confirmed anything yet, the report notes these plans are tentative and can change anytime.

This piece of news comes hot on heels of a major Instagram outage - the service's app was crashing on the Android platform, and their website was also inaccessible in several parts of the world. Thankfully, the issue was quickly resolved by the company.

Yesterday, there was an issue causing the Instagram app to crash on Android devices. We're sorry, and things are resolved! If you're still experiencing problems, try reinstalling or updating your app.
— Instagram (@instagram) June 5, 2018

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Reader comments

luisf99
07 Jun 2018
K3e

Yes I think the same, I hate the video experience in instagram, they should at least let stop the video

a simple man
07 Jun 2018
L2Q

This is probably the #2 most popular vid app yet is the stupidest one. Who cares about hashtags ? There is a search function. And many have pointed out, why can't you forward or rewind. I wish there was a better alternative app that can crush this. A...