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Instagram Stories can now be updated via the mobile web

Visitors to Instagram.com will be able to add photos to their Story and save posts for later.
Visitors to Instagram.com will be able to add photos to their Story and save posts for later. Visitors to Instagram.com will be able to add photos to their Story and save posts for later.

Instagram users can now add to their Stories and save posts they like outside of the app, on the mobile web, for the first time.

A new camera icon has been added to the web browser version of the photo-sharing service, and those accessing it from a mobile device will now be able to add photos from their library by tapping on that button.

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Though a basic addition to Instagram’s arsenal of features, it does offer users another way to not only see content on the social site, but also add to it.

However, there’s no mention of if and when video additions to Stories could be made available via the mobile web.

The Stories feature has become increasingly central to Instagram’s offering, and the Facebook-owned service appears intent on ensuring as many users as possible can get access to it.

Instagram said the update would be rolling out to all users in the coming weeks, and follows the introduction of viewable Stories to the web on mobile for the first time earlier this year – a feature which was launched in August.