Instagram Dynamic Profile Photo Feature: What Is It? How To Use?

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(Last Updated On: January 30, 2023)

Key Highlights

  • Instagram has introduced a dynamic profile photo feature for its users
  • Anyone who visits your profile can switch between your photo and avatar
  • If you already have an avatar on Facebook, this update will cause it to automatically move into the third dimension

A new tool that allows users to create avatars and use them as profile pictures is being rolled out by Instagram. You don’t even have to change your original display image. In order to fit both your original profile photo and the avatar profile photo, Instagram has added a new “flip” feature. All users can access the new Dynamic Profile Photo feature. Check the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store for the most recent update to the Instagram app if you don’t see it there. Also Read | Create And Use Your Personalized Instagram Avatar: Here’s How To Do It

The feature was announced on Instagram’s microblogging site Twitter. “New profile picture, who’s this? Now you can add an avatar on the other side of the picture so anyone who visits your profile can switch between the two,” the company wrote in a tweet.

Dynamic Profile Picture On Instagram: How To Use This Feature?

The procedures to use the new feature of the Meta-owned photo-sharing app are listed below.

Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your mobile phone and go to your profile.

Step 2: Tap on “Edit Profile”.

Step 3: Using your camera and the customization choices, add an avatar at this point.

Now the profile picture will flip between the image and the avatar whenever someone opens your profile.

Instagram Avatar

Additionally, throughout the company’s Quest and VR platforms, avatars can be shared as stickers, profile images, feeds, and more. New face features and “assistive devices for people with disabilities” are also part of the avatar feature.

According to the unversed, Meta just started using avatars on Instagram. If you already have an avatar on Facebook, it will instantly transition into the third dimension as part of this update, claims Meta. They can even enter the editor if they want to make their own improvements.

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