And no, you can’t upload images or video from your hard drive. You’ll then be able to take a selfie, Boomerang loop or hands-free video clip, and even add stickers, text and hand-drawn squiggles before you choose which of your contacts to send it to.

To use the feature, launch the Instagram app on your PC and click the camera button at the top left of the interface. In fact, there are settings to configure how your Stories will be shared, but when you try to post your capture, you’re prompted to choose contacts to share with there’s no way to skip that and publish your image publicly as you’d normally do with Stories on mobile. It’s strange that Instagram will let you snap pictures and footage only for DMs to your contacts and group conversations, and not for public posts, but that’s how things are. But now, you at least can send photo and video as direct messages from your desk using the Windows 10 app. Instagram still won’t let you upload posts to your profile from your computer (unless you have a fancy tablet thingy with a rear-mounted camera).

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