Instagram tests a way to show you Story Highlights you didn’t get a chance to see

Instagram is testing a way for you to see content from friends that you might have missed. The social network has started displaying unseen Story Highlights from a user’s mutual followers at the end of the Stories tray, which is the area at the top of your feed where you see Stories from your friends.

“We’re always working on new ways to help people connect in Stories and are testing bringing recent Highlights to the end of the tray with a small group of people,” a Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch.

The feature was first spotted by social media expert Ahmed Ghanem.

As Instagram has become overcrowded with things like Reels and sponsored posts, it’s easy to miss updates from people you actually follow. The social network’s latest test feature experiments with a way to ensure you aren’t missing original content from your friends and family.

Meta notes that users will be able to see unseen Story Highlights from the past week.

You will only see the unseen Story Highlights when you get through all of the current Stories in the tray. This means that if you follow a bunch of people and don’t always get to the end of your Stories tray, you might not see the Highlights.

It’s worth noting that the feature won’t display standard Stories that disappear after 24 hours, only Story Highlights, which are the curated Stories that users have saved to their profiles.