Instagram is rolling out a bunch of changes this weekend that will conveniently make it look a lot more like TikTok, which could go dark in the US on Sunday now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the law banning the app if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell it.

Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that the Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok

With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based

Users will get the ability to see what their friends are liking on Instagram, as well the power to post videos over the previous 90-second limit up to three minutes.

This will be different from your friends tab on Reels, which shows you all the videos made and posted by the accounts you follow. This is more reminiscent of the TikTok algorithm,

Instagram is rolling out a new feature that will show your liked Reels to mutuals in a dedicated tab. It takes away the intimacy and safe haven of likes.

Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. He credits today’s change to users’ feedback saying that the 90 seconds “is just too short.