Continuing to be one of the most popular social media platforms in the world Instagramhas opened its “Broadcast Channels” feature to everyone globally.
It is one of the new features that the company introduced last year, which for a long time only covered certain content producers. “Broadcast Channels” had happened. As of today, this feature has been activated for all Instagram users around the world. The company itself summarized this feature as follows: “As an Instagram creator, you can create a broadcast channel to share announcements, behind-the-scenes content, and messages like event details or upcoming collaborations with your followers. Followers who join your channel will be able to comment on the messages you send or vote in the polls you create on the channel, but will not be able to send messages. Because your broadcast channels are public, anyone on Instagram can discover them, but only your followers can participate in these conversations.” So, how to create a “Broadcast Channel” in Instagram? Here is the company’s own response:
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-Tap the message icon in the upper right corner of the stream.
-Tap the icon in the top right.
-Tap create broadcast channel.
-After making the necessary settings and name selections, tap Create broadcast channel at the bottom.
So how will you follow people to the channel you created? Instagram about it transmitting: “When you send the first message on your broadcast channel, all your followers will receive a notification inviting them to join the channel. You can also invite people to join by:
-Sharing your channel’s invite link. Note: Your broadcast channel’s invite link cannot be closed. However, you can create a new connection at any time by resetting this connection.
-Adding the channel to your stories. As a content producer and manager of a broadcast channel, you can share your channel in the story. Learn more about what admins of broadcast channels can do on Instagram.
-To share a message from the channel in a story, tap and hold the message in the channel, then tap Share to story. Your story includes an image of the message. People who can view your story can tap the message image to find and join the broadcast channel.
Note: The feature may not be active for you yet. Such global releases are made gradually, sometimes it may take 1-2 days for new features to reach everyone.