YouTube renames its Reels feature as Stories to replicate Instagram and Facebook

Stories are coming to YouTube as well. Stories, a brainchild from the house of Snapchat, became an overnight sensation which was further popularised by Instagram and Facebook. Instagram and Facebook never invented Stories, they simply borrowed it.[caption id="attachment_4573931" align="alignnone" width="1280"] YouTube Logo. Image: YouTube Creator Academy[/caption]On a similar note, last year, YouTube unveiled a similar feature under a different name called 'Reels'. It was created for YouTube Creators to interact with their subscribers more closely. Unlike Snapchat Stories, your stories would not disappear after 24 hours. According to a report by the GSMArena, this feature was available only for creators who had more than 10,000 YouTube subscribers.But it looks like YouTube is giving in to the peer pressure, as a report by Android Police suggests that Reel has been renamed as Stories. As per the report, this option looks quite similar to Instagram Stories. Whenever there is a new story, users will be able to see a red circle around their picture.Additionally, an Androidworld report states that when you open the story, there is a subscribe button which pops up but no option to comment or reply to it.  This is open to a few subscribers. It is not known whether it will be available to all YouTube Creators yet.