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If there is a special hobby during the days of confinement by COVID-19, it is filling Instagram Stories with content. It does not matter if they are photos of the cake you are cooking, all the exercise you are doing or, above all, games and fun things to pass the time. Well, Instagram has taken note of the latter and it already allows you to use templates without having to search for them by specific profiles Here we show you how to find and create templates for Instagram Stories .
This is a new feature included in recent versions of Instagram. So the first thing you should do is update your application to its latest version by downloading any update available from the Google Play Store, if you have an Android mobile, or through the App Store if you have an iPhone.
The following will be to access Instagram Stories from the camera icon in the upper left corner. Or by sliding your finger from left to right on the main screen of the application. Here we will find the tools to take a photo or video for Instagram Stories. However, what we are interested in is going through the Create section, so swipe left in the shooting modes. This option is to the left of Normal mode, under the fire button.
When you access Create you will find a new carousel of formats available for Instagram Stories. From the stories in which there is only text, to the format to congratulate a contact. Scroll to the right until you find the option Templates It will be the way to see this type of content that is already available on Instagram.
In our tests we have seen that this content is currently in English. However, they are usually easy to understand since you have to fill in the information by hand. So it can give you the clue about what to do or how to respond. It is to be hoped that Instagram will localize these contents into Spanish soon.
The question is to choose the squad with which you want to play or pose challenges, riddles or simply interact with your followersYou can toggle the format by clicking on the dice icon at the top of the screen. This is how you change the game or template so that you can publish the one that interests you the most. There are currently 8 different formats:
- What am I watching (to complete the content and the platform where to find it)
- What am I listening (to fill with 5 songs)
- Types of pizza (to complete with 3 toppings)
- Top 3 accounts to follow (to complete with accounts you like)
- Quick drawing challenge (to challenge followers to draw specific things)
- Favorite song (to display a song that has won you over)
- I woke up like this (to show a photo you like)
- Saying of the day (to fill in with a phrase you like)
All you have to do is press the fire button when the template you want to use is displayed. It's like taking a photo for Instagram Stories, so the next step is to complete it with the content you want. If it is a template to fill with music, you can display the stickers panel, look for the music panel and choose the song You can complete other templates with mentions, or by writing the accounts, the food for the pizzas or whatever you have to complete in the normal way, with a plain text to which you can give the format and color you prefer. And ready to publish.
This is not the bingo and game templates often found in other special accounts that generate this content. But they are a good tool to hang out and easily share interests, tastes or build relationships with followers.
More templates and games
But if what you are looking for is to present your followers with all kinds of challenges or you want more elaborate templates, you have no other choice to pick up the baton from other Instagram accounts. And there is a lot of content creator on this social network willing to work so that you do not lack for anything. That is, creators who design their own templates with musical challenges, activity bingos and other content. The only problem is knowing which accounts generate them.
Here we are going to present a few that we have found so that you can have fun with their contents without spending too much time on Instagram looking for them. Pay attention to all of them:
- Trencadis7: It is an Instagram account with a large amount of content. It usually focuses on the LGTBI sphere, although if you are interested in salsa, pop music and templates, you better follow them.Among his latest and most popular creations are artist song battles. Templates in which you can compare the best songs of a singer or group to find the best song from their repertoire. Head over to their highlights to get hold of these and other templates.
- Plantillasmaker: It is an account exclusively dedicated to the production of all kinds of templates. You can see what he looks like in the sticky posts he leaves on his profile, to take a look at all the themes and formats he touches. However, you'll have to go through the featured ones to pick up those templates via a screenshot. Look at each highlight, since everything is well ordered.
- Palabradeleticia: In this account you can see beautiful photographs with phrases to think about. However, it has become somewhat famous for its recent templates, which in recent days have traveled through many accounts of this social network. Head over to their highlight called Templates to find all kinds of content to fill out and share.
- Luceslusia: The interesting thing about this account is not only that it has all kinds of templates of all formats. It also has completely empty schemes and templates so that you can create your own. For example, you can go to the highlight called Empty and create your own bingo thanks to the grids that already appear here. So not only do you have variety, you also have infinite possibilities to create your own templates comfortably.
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