Photo-sharing app Instagram recently launched its 'Stories' feature to take on rival Snapchat.
What is Stories?
Stories is essentially a feature provided by Instagram that allows its users to post pictures and videos that automatically disappear after 24 hours similar to what's offered by Snapchat. While that's works for Instagram's mobile apps, those of you who use Instagram on desktop may have noticed that this feature has not shown up on Instagram's website.But don't you worry, as there is an easy solution for this. If you use Google Chrome (which a majority of you use), it's easy to view Instagram stories on desktop using a simple Chrome extension.
Called Chrome IG Story, this extension injects your friend's Instagram Stories above your feed on Instagram.com desktop website, just like they appear in the mobile app. Here's how to use Chrome IG Story to view Instagram stories on desktop:
1. Install the Chrome IG Story extension from the Chrome Web Store.
2. Once the extension is installed, you'll see its icon show up besides the icons of other extensions.
3. Now go over to Instagram.com website from the desktop and check your profile. You should now be able to see the Instagram Stories that appear on your mobile app, on the top of your Instagram feed.
4. You can use the arrow keys to navigate forward and back, and press the Esc key to close the gallery. You can also right click the icon of an Instagram user to download their Story.
The advantage of Chrome IG Story is that it provides a hassle free way to enable Instagram's Stories functionality on the photo-sharing service's desktop app.
Furthermore, it's worth noting that even though this allows you to view the Instagram stories, it does not mark them as 'seen'. So the person who has posted the Story won't know that their story has been viewed. So Enjoy it!
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