Published 21:08 IST, September 17th 2019

Now you can add music to your Instagram and Facebook stories, details

Instagram and Facebook stories can now include music in India. Facebook has finally rolled out support for music on Facebook and Instagram stories in the countr

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Instagram and Facebook stories can w include music in India. Facebook has finally rolled out support for music on Facebook and Instagram stories in country. Going forward, you will longer be restricted from ding music to se two social networking platforms.  Last year in June, Instagram introduced Music feature in stories. However, Music for Instagram stories was t available for users in India. Well, t anymore. w, Indians can officially d music to ir Instagram and Facebook stories. 

"Facebook today (Tuesday) anunced new ways for people in India to express mselves through music on Facebook and Instagram, with music stickers on Stories and or creative tools such as Lyrics on Instagram, Lip Sync Live, and ability to d songs to ir Facebook Profiles," Facebook said in a statement.

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Ephemeral stories on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are only visible only for 24 hours. Stories are called Status in WhatsApp. However, Facebook is doesn't provide WhatsApp users with a way to d music to ir WhatsApp Status yet.

With roll-out of music products in India, users can d latest tracks such as 'Bekhayali' (Kabir Singh) and Ve Maahi (Kesari) to older songs like Bas Ek Sanam Chaahiye (Aashiqui), to ir Facebook and Instagram Stories. Music products on Facebook and Instagram are w available in over 55 countries.

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"We want to make it possible for Facebook and Instagram communities to express mselves and connect around music on our platforms...We've partnered with Indian music community to enable se new products," Manish Chopra, director and he of partnerships at Facebook India, said.

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Partnership with T-Series

Earlier this year, Facebook India h anunced partnerships with various music labels. Facebook h more previously anunced a collaboration with T-Series Music, Zee Music Company and Yash Raj Films in India. As part of this partnership, music labels agreed to license ir music for use in social experiences on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook is expected to roll out a similar feature to WhatsApp in future.

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How to d music to your Instagram stories

Open camera on Facebook or Instagram or select a photo or video from your gallery and d Music sticker. After choosing a song, y will be able to select which part of it y would like to highlight ir story and d artist's name and track title. Lip Sync Live on Facebook tool will allow users to perform and dub songs live on Facebook and Instagram.

(With PTI inputs)

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18:51 IST, September 17th 2019