Instagram latest update: Meta-owned company to introduce automatic captions to videos; initailly in select languages, countries

Auto-generated captions will initially be available in "select" languages, but Instagram hopes to expand them to more languages and countries.

Producers won't have to manually add captions themselves.

Photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram has announced that it is introducing automatic captions to videos in the feed.

They will be enabled by default for creators, too, news agency IANS reported. Auto-generated captions will initially be available in "select" languages, but Instagram hopes to expand them to more languages and countries, this report said.

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According to the report, the AI behind the captions won't be flawless. The Meta-owned Instagram expects the quality to "continue to improve" as the AI learns, however. The addition should improve accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users, who will have more choices for spoken-word video, the report said.

Producers won't have to manually add captions themselves. However, Instagram also noted that this should help people who simply prefer to watch videos with the sound off. Users won't have to toggle the volume just to understand what someone is saying, the report said.

Recently, Instagram said that it will no longer be supporting standalone app for IGTV, instead, it will focus on having all videos on the main Instagram app.

Instagram also said that it is exploring more ways for creators to earn by creating reels that entertain the community. In addition to bonuses, later this year, it will begin testing a new ad experience on Instagram, which will allow creators to earn revenue from ads displayed on their reels.

Also, Instagram has announced that it will no longer be supporting standalone app for IGTV. The social media application said that, instead, it will focus on having all video on the main Instagram app.

"We believe that this makes it easier for people to have all of these features and abilities in the main app, and are excited to continue to simplify and improve video in the main Instagram app over the coming months," the company said in a blogpost.

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