Post a story
Share photos and videos to your story for 24 hours, edit them, add a caption and choose who sees them.
On this page
A story is a photo, video, text, voice recording or link that your contacts can see for 24 hours.
Post a photo or video
- Open Chats, then the Stories tab.
- Tap Add Story (the round button, or My Story at the top).
- Take a photo or video with the Camera, or pick from your gallery. You can select several items to post them together; each becomes its own story.
- Edit if you like: Crop and rotate, Filters, Adjust, Draw, Text and Stickers. For videos, trim the clip and choose whether to Mute it.
- Add a caption in Add a caption....
- Check the audience, then post.
Zaplog shows Posting your story while it uploads, then Stories posted!
Video length and quality
- A story video can be up to 1 minute 30 seconds. A longer video opens with its first 1:30 selected, and you can move the selection.
- Story videos are published at 720p, which looks sharp on a phone and loads quickly for your viewers.
Who can see it
Your story is shown to the audience in Settings > Privacy > Story audience: all your contacts and friends, all except some people, or only people you pick. You can change the audience for the story you're about to post. See Who can see your stories.
Other kinds of story
Frequently asked questions
How long does a story last?
24 hours. After that it stops being shown to viewers, and it's kept in your Story Archive, visible only to you, until you delete it.
Can I share a story to a chat?
Yes. When you send a story into a chat, it arrives as a message the person can open.
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