Users will get the ability to see what their friends are liking on Instagram, as well the power to post videos over the previous 90-second limit up to three minutes.

Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. He credits today’s change to users’ feedback saying that the 90 seconds “is just too short.

Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that the Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok

With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based

The updates come just as TikTok, one of Instagram’s biggest competitors in the short-form video space, faces a ban in the U.S. following a Supreme Court ruling.

These new Reels features are rolling out in the US first, with plans to expand to other regions in the future. With TikTok's potential exit, Instagram is strategically positioning itself to capture the attention of displaced users seeking similar content-sharing platforms.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that Instagram is extending the length of Reels, changing the grid to a rectangular layout and adding a tab where you can see what Reels your friends have liked.

This will be different from your friends tab on Reels, which shows you all the videos made and posted by the accounts you follow. This is more reminiscent of the TikTok algorithm,