Instagram Tests Text Overlays on Carousel Posts

Instagram is testing a feature that lets users add text overlays directly onto individual slides within a carousel post. The capability would allow creators to publish step-by-step explanations, instructions, or other informative content without leaving the app or exporting images to another tool. Discovered by social-media expert Lindsey Gamble and shared on Threads, the update adds text annotations to the carousel Composer, so captions appear over the photos themselves. The tests come alongside other Instagram experiments, including a Lately Highlight that would automatically save the previous seven days of Stories and a new one-click sharing flow for Stories that captures a photo and deletes it after a single viewing. Another test would let carousel slides be shared in different formats within a single post. Together, these signals underscore Instagram’s ongoing push to broaden in-app content creation for creators and brands.