What happened to Instagram video call? Find out if all users can access it

On Tuesday, September 29, Instagram rolled out an update that included a video chat feature. While this update increased social networking app's capabilities, t every Instagram user has update just yet. Hence, many people are left wondering why y did t get  video call feature. But re is need to fret as re is a good reason behind this inconsistency in update rollout by Instagram. Moreover, in  time all Instagram users will be video chatting with up to four of ir friends at a time. Read on to find out, “What happened to Instagram video call?”

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What is Instagram video call feature?

A report on Bustle.com has revealed that users who got access to video chat feature, have claimed that it allows users to make video calls to friends and followers with whom y have permitted messaging. feature is direct mess inbox and is accessible within new and existing mess threads. It is operated in same way that a user can send a friend a picture within a text thread.

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Similarly, y can w send ir friends, a video chat request. best part of this feature is fact that even while user is in an ongoing video call going on y can minimize it and continue browsing through ir feed. call doesn't take over entire screen, it allows you to multitask. Clearly, Instagram kws that we do a lot more than just talk when we're on phone.

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What happened to Instagram video call?

deal with video call feature is that it is t available to all Instagram users at moment. Only a few users have reportedly been able to use it. If you don’t see video call feature in your app, here are a few reasons as to why that might be case. 

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• Automatic updates option t signed up: If a user has t signed up for automatic updates option. y will need to head to App Store to manually update app. In any case, it’s best to make sure that you are using latest version or at least version 51.0, or higher.
• Try Signing out and signing in again: Sometimes one only needs to restart Instagram again to fix a bug in app.
• Instagram is only trying out feature: In spite of all se shenanigans, if a user is still t able to get video call feature, it might just be that feature has t been publicly released. company tends to roll out its features slowly. Hence, giving only a few users an opportunity to interact with it and submit bugs so that y can fix bugs and release feature for everyone.