# Instagram Launches New Profile Playing cards

After testing them out with chosen creators over the previous couple of months, Instagram has now introduced a broader launch of its new profile playing cards, which give a easy solution to hyperlink folks by to your IG presence.

As you’ll be able to see on this instance, Intagram’s up to date profile playing cards, that are being made accessible to all customers from immediately, are digitally flippable panels, which give a QR code for speedy connection on one aspect, and a profile overview and abstract on the opposite.

The profile overview consists of your picture and bio, whereas it’ll additionally record your profile class and enterprise hyperlinks (for creator accounts). You may as well embrace a music to play when your card is opened, and edit the background of the cardboard with a picture of your selection.

Instagram says that the brand new playing cards will assist creators make connections with manufacturers, by way of a easy, shareable abstract of who they’re, whereas they may also be used to share with associates, and to introduce your self in teams.

It’s a useful abstract of your IG presence, and it might function a simple solution to get extra folks to attach within the app, with a easy scan and observe course of. Although there’s a query as to how many individuals will really use them, on condition that IG has tried comparable earlier than, they usually haven’t caught on.

Instagram has really had QR codes accessible for profiles since 2018, however few folks appear to concentrate on the choice, and thus, haven’t really put them to make use of.

Instagram’s tried a number of totally different codecs for its profile playing cards and QR codes, however they’ve by no means caught on in any vital approach.

However perhaps, this time, QR codes will work.

Certainly, Instagram additionally added QR codes for Broadcast Channels again in June.

It appears that evidently somebody at IG HQ is holding onto the idea of QR codes for connection, within the hopes that no less than one in every of these choices will present broader connection alternatives.

Historical past means that they received’t, however the playing cards do look good, and you may think about creators making use of them for connections.

We’ll discover out.

Instagram says that the brand new profile playing cards are being launched globally from immediately.  

You’ll be able to entry your IG QR code by tapping on the “Share profile” choice in your profile within the newest model of the app.