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Instagram now lets you speed up reels just like on TikTok


Meta-owned Instagram is copying yet another feature from TikTok. This time, it's the ability for users to play a reel at 2x speed by long pressing on the

This time, it’s the ability for users to play a reel at 2x speed by long pressing on the right or left side of their screen. As the years passed and TikTok rose in popularity, the social network rolled out support for longer videos. With this, TikTok introduced the option for users to speed up videos, as they had been trained to consume content more quickly.

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