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Instagram adds what photos have always needed: words


You’ll be able to add pictures over other Instagram pictures, too.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. A bit of text might help your post stand out from the rest of the photos on your feed — or help people see information that might otherwise get lost in your caption. When you tap on that layered photo, you can change its shape from a rectangle to a square, circle, heart, or star, according to Instagram’s blog post.

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