Instagram now lets you add words on posts like Reels

Instagram is letting you add text directly on top of your photo posts, just like you can in Reels. So, if you want to blast the words direct order "Live Laugh Love" forever across your latest travel pics on your grid, your followers can't do a thing to stop you.

Announced by the company in a blog post on Wednesday, you can now add words and photo stickers directly to your posts, with new fonts available too (neva4get the hidden Papyrus). It's like another layer you can add on top of your pictures, available in the editing phase of Instagram posts.

To use the tool, select the photo(s) you want to post and then tap on the text button (the big and small Aa in the corner). Type in the genius words you'd like to add on top, and you can scroll through the different fonts, as you would when composing a Reel.

You can also layer in more images by tapping the gallery button (the one that looks like a little picture) and move it around and resize it. The feature doesn't yet have the ability to manage or lock layers (like Reels does) but that's probably coming soon. And if you tap on the sticker, you can change the shape of it, again like Reels.

The update comes after a number of additions to Instagram including testing rectangle grids, increasing carousel limits to 20, Myspace-like profile songs, multiple tracks on a Reel, disappearing notes on Reels and posts, and the casual ability to create an AI version of yourself.