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Snap Inc. in its earnings call for Q4 2023 revealed that it is planning to bring a unifying experience for its Spotlight and Stories capabilities in terms of navigation and interface.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that the company is testing the ability to create multiple lists. The new feature will allow users to share specific Stories with specific groups of followers.

Telegram has just turned 10 years old and to celebrate is releasing a spate of new features including Stories. Telegram Stories are unique because they let you edit them after publishing them.

The long-awaited Telegram Stories feature has started rolling out to users. The feature comes with detailed controls such as the ability to choose the targeted audience and expiration time.

The instant messaging app Telegram is getting the Stories feature soon, CEO Pavel Durov announced. Telegram Stories will be accessible at the top of the Chats page with a compact expendable UI.

YouTube Stories launched in 2017 under the name Reels and were supposed to compete with Instagram and Snapchat with videos that would disappear after seven days. Now they are going away for good.

Bing Image Creator will allow Bing Chat preview users to create images based on prompts to the chatbot AI while it is in Creative mode. Microsoft is also adding Visual Stories and Knowledge Cards 2.0.

Microsoft has announced that stories are now coming to OneDrive. The feature has an invite-only implementation allowing friends and family to engage with your content in an ad-free feed.

Microsoft has announced that its Xbox app on Android and iOS is now getting stories, which function as you would expect. Another feature in tow is Quality of Service priority tagging.

LinkedIn is getting rid of its Stories feature, which enabled users to post ephemeral videos. The idea, borrowed from Instagram, did not take off on Microsoft's business oriented social media site.

It seems like everybody and their uncle is implementing Snapchat-like Stories nowadays. Multiple TikTok users have spotted that the company is currently testing the capability on a limited scale.

To make the app more inclusive, Instagram is bringing its latest translation tool for users to view translations for foreign text in Stories. The new feature will be available across the globe.

Twitter has announced that it is killing off Fleets next month. This news comes in just nine months after the feature's global launch. The company says that Fleets was not being used as intended.

The Xbox app is getting a new feature that will display a row of stories for users on iOS and Android. However, you'll only see stories from your favorite game brands, not from your friends.

Fleets won't be coming to those who have not received it yet anytime soon as Twitter is slowing down its rollout to the general public in order to fix some performance and stability problems.

Twitter announced that its ephemeral content sharing feature, Fleets, is rolling out to all iOS and Android users. With Fleets, users can share tweets, photos, and videos that expire in 24 hours.

YouTube is working on adding the ability to share the music you are listening to as a story on Instagram and Snapchat. The feature will be similar to what's already available on Spotify & Apple Music.

Slack's CEO said in an interview that the firm is prototyping an Instagram-like 'Stories' feature and push-to-talk audio chatting capabilities to be introduced later this year to improve remote work.

The Mountain View firm has added a dedicated carousel for Web Stories to its Discover app on both Android and iOS. The feature is presently available in the U.S., Brazil, and India.

First announced in March, Fleets allow Twitter users to share a tweet or photos and videos that will be available on their profiles for only 24 hours and cannot get Likes, Retweets, or replies.

Microsoft-owned professional networking site, LinkedIn, is currently testing a Stories feature akin to what is found on Snapchat and Instagram. The firm aims to cater to younger users with Stories.

Facebook today revealed the combined number of daily active users of the Stories feature in its main app as well as in Messenger, putting it well ahead of Snapchat's preceding implementation.

Instagram has updated its app, giving users the ability to upload up to ten images or videos all at once. The new update is now available for Android and will be arriving on iOS in the coming weeks.

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