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Instagram reported to be working on a new feature called 'Quiz' for Stories
Instagram Stories is like a medium to communicate with each other with features like Poll, Questions.

Instagram has a user base of around one billion users of which about 500 million users make use of Instagram Stories every day.To keep the frenzy of Instagram Stories going, the Facebook-owned company keeps adding cool new elements to its Stories section. Instagram Stories has now become a medium to communicate with each other through features like Questions and Poll.Now, a leaked image by Jane Manchun Wong on Twitter shows Instagram to be working on a new feature called 'Quiz'.[caption id="attachment_5575361" align="alignnone" width="1024"]
Instagram Logo art.[/caption]The leak has just shown us the outline of this feature but hasn't mentioned exactly how it would work.By looking at the image, it seems like a mixture of both Questions and Polls.The Questions feature at its basic level allows followers to answer a Question posed by the one who has put out the Story. The user who has put out a Story can be asked a question by their follower as well.So basically it's just like an interview. On the other hand, Poll allows users to put a question, for example, "Should I buy the black bag?" To this, the followers could respond with a Yes or a No. In the end, a percentage of the Yes and No is shown.As for the alleged new feature, it seems that the person putting up the story can ask a question and even put two answers for it.In Instagram Quiz, it appears that a user can put up a multiple-choice question with one right answer.[caption id="attachment_6014971" align="alignnone" width="1280"]
Leaked image of Instagram's alleged new feature, Quiz. Image: Twitter[/caption]There is no official word on the feature's rollout just yet.
Instagram Logo art.[/caption]The leak has just shown us the outline of this feature but hasn't mentioned exactly how it would work.By looking at the image, it seems like a mixture of both Questions and Polls.The Questions feature at its basic level allows followers to answer a Question posed by the one who has put out the Story. The user who has put out a Story can be asked a question by their follower as well.So basically it's just like an interview. On the other hand, Poll allows users to put a question, for example, "Should I buy the black bag?" To this, the followers could respond with a Yes or a No. In the end, a percentage of the Yes and No is shown.As for the alleged new feature, it seems that the person putting up the story can ask a question and even put two answers for it.In Instagram Quiz, it appears that a user can put up a multiple-choice question with one right answer.[caption id="attachment_6014971" align="alignnone" width="1280"]
Leaked image of Instagram's alleged new feature, Quiz. Image: Twitter[/caption]There is no official word on the feature's rollout just yet.First Published:Feb 02, 2019, 17:22:29 IST
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