Instagram is one of the most used social platforms worldwide. Unlike other similar services, all Instagram posts are based on multimedia content (photo and video), although you can add text.
Recent Instagram updates have brought some unexpected problems. For example, the ‘link in bio’ feature not working or stories auto-playing with audio even on silent mode.
Now, many Instagram users are facing an issue where stories are going too fast or just skipping on their own.
Instagram video stories going too fast or skipping
According to multiple reports, Instagram stories playback is behaving erratically for many users.
In some cases, Instagram stories are playing too fast, while in other cases stories are skipping automatically. Also, you can’t go back to the skipped story.
anyone else stories going way too fast / skipping ahead?
This started around an hour ago both on my cellphone and tablet. If you push to go to the next story, it goes super fast and in some cases just skips the story. You can’t go back to it either.
For example I wanted to see that persons story so I would go to their profile to see it, it will just skip ahead.
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It seems that the problem is mainly affecting stories with static images (photos). Video stories are reportedly working fine.
Instagram stories skipping glitch
I started experiencing a glitch on Instagram this morning and couldn’t find any info about it online. When I’m viewing stories all the static photo posts are being skipped in half a second while the videos are fine.
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A recent Android update could have brought the bug
On October 25, Instagram received a new update for Android devices. Also, all the reports so far seem to come from Android users, so the cause of the problem could be the aforementioned update.
On the other hand, the latest Instagram update for iOS devices arrived more than a week ago (October 17).
There is still no official word on this issue from Instagram support team. We will update this story as events unfold.
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