Instagram has regularly offered its users new features to enhance their experience, from tagging someone to adding locations, music, and links to stories. The news might shock you that the app’s new feature allows you to add temperature to your Instagram story.
From now, you can show your followers and friends the degree of temperature of the place where you live.
This feature works depending upon the location; you have to turn on location status if you also wish to add temperature to your story.
Most of the users might know about this feature. But there is no doubt there exist some people who are unknown.
For those who have no idea about the temperature-adding feature, we are here to clear all your doubts and show you the easiest steps that will help you to put it.
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Requirements to Add Temperature to Instagram Story
Everyone wills to add temperature and gets disappointed after not finding this feature. Some of the users might not have any idea about the requirements for it. If you wish to add temperature on Instagram, then you have to fulfill the following requirements.
1. You need to have the latest version of Instagram installed on your device to use the temp sticker feature. Some stickers and features may not be available if you are using an outdated app.
2. Instagram needs your GPS location to track the current location, so it is necessary to enable GPS on smartphones to add real and recent temperatures.
3. Instagram fails to show the temperature feature if you have provided permission to access your location to the app. In the absence of location, you will not be able to add temperature to your story.
After fulfilling the above requirements, you will be able to let your friends know about the temperature of your place by adding it to the story.
What Temperature Units are Available on the Instagram
Instagram allows you to use temperature units in both degrees Celcius and Fahrenheit. You can choose the unit according to your preference and add it to your story to show your current temperature to your friends and followers.
How to Enable GPS on Your Smartphone
If you wish to add temperature to your Instagram story, you should enable GPS on your mobile phone. The app needs GPS to track the current temperature of your location.
Here, we will show you the simple steps that make it easy to turn on GPS on your smartphone. You can do it from both Android and iOS.
Enable GPS on Android Devices
Instagram needs your phone’s GPS location to work fully. Follow the given steps to enable or disable the GPS feature from your Android phone.
1. Unlock your mobile and swipe down the screen from the very top.
2. Find the location from various icons.
3. Touch the location icon, and instantly your GPS is enabled.
You can confirm whether the location is turned by seeing the icon’s background color. The background color will be turned to another after enabling.
Enable GPS on iOS
Just like that on Androids, you need to turn on GPS to access various features of Instagram, like temperature stickers. Let’s learn to enable your mobile GPS on your iPhone or iPad.
First of all, go to your iPhone or iPad Settings and tap on Privacy & Security from there. From under Location Services, switch on “Location Services”.
How to Allow Instagram Access Your Location
Instagram fails to work on some features until you provide permission to access your location. In the unavailability of the location access, the app might not show the temperature sticker.
It is very important to know how to allow Instagram access to your location.
Allow on Android Phone
To allow permission for Instagram to access your location from Androids, follow the given steps.
1. Go to your phone’s settings.
2. Find and tap the “Apps” from there. All the default and downloaded apps will be displayed on the screen.
3. Then, tap on “Instagram“. There you get to see the app information.
4. Touch on “Permissions,” which is under Privacy. There you will see two different sections on the screen, “Allowed” and “Not allowed“.
5. Tap on the “Location” from there; you will see three options. Choose “Allow only while using the app“.
This is how you can allow Instagram access to your location from Android phones.
Allow on iPhone
Most of the apps require your location to work fairly. Instagram also needs location permission to experience you with this new feature.
Go to your mobile Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services. Then scroll down and find the Instagram app.
Now, tap on the app name. Various options (Never, Ask next time or When I share, While using the app, and Always) will be seen on display. Select “Allow” from various options.
If you feel insecure about providing permission to access the location always, then choose the option “While using the app“. It helps prevent access to your location while running in the background.
How to Add Temperature to Instagram Story
No matter if you are at home or on a trip, if you feel too cold and too hot temperature then you may wish to share it with your friends.
By adding it to the Instagram story, let your friends know the degree of hotness or coldness you are experiencing currently.
You can also write the temperature as a caption in the picture, but it does not seem so attractive. To put the actual recent temperature on Instagram, follow the easy steps.
1. Open the Instagram app on your device.
2. Tap on “Your Story” from the top left to add a picture for a day and pick up a photo to share.
3. Tap on the “Sticker icon” from the top. Various stickers will be available to add a story along with an image.
4. Pick up a temperature icon from there. Immediately after picking up a sticker, the current temperature in the photo will be seen.
Following the above-given steps, you can now share the temperature of hotness and coldness in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.
How to Customize the Temperature Sticker
Instagram has never failed to introduce new features like adding pronouns to Instagram profiles and finding deleted Instagram posts that help users run the app subtly. Another special feature of this app is you can put the temperature to the story.
Not only add a temperature, but you can also customize the sticker according to your interest.
Once you add a temperature, this is shown in the degree Celsius. If you wish to change it to Fahrenheit, then just tap on the sticker before posting.
Temperature with just a number of units might seem dull and boring. To make it more attractive, tap on the sticker to show the visual image of the weather.
After adding a temperature, sometimes it might cover the main part of the picture. To avoid this, drag it to the left-right, up-down where it fits the most.
If the picture seems too small or too big, then customize its size in such a way that it looks good and suits the picture.
FAQs – Add Temperature To Instagram Story
A: It depends upon whom you allow to see your Instagram story. If you enabled your settings of story view to everyone, then each friend and follower will be able to see the temperature you shared.
A: If you are under a strong internet connection and using an updated Instagram app, there is no chance of seeing the temperature sticker.
One major thing to add a temperature sticker is that Instagram should access your location. For this, turn on GPS and allow the app to access your location.
A: Yes, it is possible to use a temperature sticker in a live video.
A: Instagram shows the actual temperature of your location; for that, you need to provide your location permission.
Conclusion
Adding temperature to the Instagram story is a cool feature. It helps in detailing more about your picture and video. By the way, it makes the story more attractive.
Many users may have lost interest after not finding and knowing the process to add it to a story. This article helps you in solving your problem.
If you have an updated app and use it under strong internet and have allowed the app to access the location, there won’t be any obstacles to adding the feature. Also, read to Turn On Two-Factor Authentication On Instagram in just a few simple steps.
