Instagram might be testing seek bar to let users scrub through 60-second videos

Instagram might be testing a seek bar to let users scrub through videos. Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing social networking platform was recently spotted testing a video seek bar while watching videos to let users jump between any specific part of video. feature has been missing ever since Instagram allowed users to share videos om its platform.

Famous tipster and reverse-engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong spotted video seek bar while watching a video on Instagram and shared a screen-recording, offering a glimpse of what feature is going to be all about.

Wong furr hopes for inclusion of frame preview while scrubbing through video.

"It might cause some performance regressions though, but it's something to think about UX wise," said Wong.

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Although seek bar on videos has been missing from Instagram for quite some time w, it is available with IGTV - company's video-only platform that lets content creators share long-form videos with ir audience.

Right w, re is way you jump to a specific part of video. In fact, double-tapping video toggles mute/unmute function.

Earlier, we covered a story that Instagram might also be testing a new feature to let users watch videos toger. In case this doesn’t sound new to you, well, that’s because Facebook alrey has a Watch Party feature that allows multiple users to stream videos toger, and watching Facebook integrating ‘Watch Party’ feature into Instagram would be hardly surprising.

Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook is expected to do everything possible to make users keep coming back to new platforms like IGTV and also keep m engd. (We won’t be surprised even if ephemeral stories come to IGTV anytime soon - similar to Netflix previews).

Right w, we are still seeking more clarity on how Instagram is going about implementing this feature into ir platform.