Instagram will now let you add up to 20 audio tracks to your Reels, according to an update spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. When you add different tracks to a reel, Instagram will label the audio mix as belonging to you, allowing other users to share and reuse it.
Instagram now lets you add up to 20 songs to your Reels
Now you can sync different tracks to the text, stickers, and clips in your Reels.
Now you can sync different tracks to the text, stickers, and clips in your Reels.
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Before this update, you could only add one track to your Reels. But now that you can include multiple tracks, you can sync different audio to the text, stickers, and clips that appear in your Reels, potentially making for an even more chaotic video.
To use the feature, hit the new “add to mix” button that appears in Instagram’s video editor. From there, you can choose the tracks you want to include, which portions of the songs to use, and where to place them in your video. After you post a reel, other users can see all the tracks included in it and will also see a button to “use audio mix” in their own videos.
This is one feature that even TikTok doesn’t have yet; users there still need to use a workaround or third-party app to get multiple songs in their videos.
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