New Instagram feature!
You can now schedule a time for your next Live video on Instagram AND you can post about it on your feed.
The post on your grid will have a Calendar icon on top of it, like this:
Your followers will be able to tap on the calendar and turn on a reminder to get notified when you are Live.
This means:
Potentially more followers watching you Live!
Here is how to set this up, and some other cool features:
- How to schedule an Instagram Live with a feed post?
- How many times can you share the Instagram Live Schedule as a feed post?
- How to share an Instagram Live reminder as a post after you set it up?
- Can you add more Live Schedules?
- How to change your planned day and time?
- How to cancel your planned Instagram Live?
- How to schedule your planned Live with Preview ?
How to post an Instagram Live Reminder in your feed
Super easy.
Here’s how to schedule your Instagram Live and post it on your feed:
- Go to Live
- Press on the Calendar icon
- Add a title for your Live video (this is what your followers will see)
- Add a Start time
- Open your Live
- Press on the Schedule option
- Press on the three dots …
- Share as post
- Open your Live
- Press Add on the top right corner of your scream
- Add a title and start time
- Open your Live
- Press on the three dots
- Change the day and time
- Plan your post in Preview
- Press on the Share button
- The post will be saved in your camera roll
- Open your Instagram Live screen
- Share your Upcoming Live as a post
- Choose the image from your camera roll
- Preview automatically copied the caption and hashtags to your keyboard
- Paste them in your caption on Instagram before you post
Here is how the steps look like in images:
How many times can you share the Instagram Live Schedule as a feed post?
As many times as you want.
Let’s say you have a Live coming up in one week.
You can post on your feed multiple times before you go Live. This way your followers will be reminded multiple times to set their alarms.
How to share an Instagram Live reminder as a post after you set it up
Here’s how to share the Instagram Live as a feed post, AFTER setting up your Live schedule:
Can you add more Instagram Lives reminders?
Are you planning to do more Lives?
Want people to be able to set their alarms so they don’t miss them?
Just add more Lives to your schedule, like this:
How to change the day or time of your scheduled Instagram Live
If you change your plans, you can change the day and time of your Live:
How to cancel your planned Instagram Live
Don’t want to go Live anymore?Just tap on Cancel Live Video. 
How to schedule an Instagram Live Reminder post with Preview?
Are you using Preview to schedule your posts?
So how can you plan your Live Reminder post?
Keep reading.
At the moment Instagram doesn’t allow any other apps or websites to schedule an Instagram Live Reminder post. It’s against their Rules and Policies.
Preview has been officially reviewed and approved by Instagram.
So here is the Instagram-approved way to plan your post with Preview.
You will have to manually post from Preview to Instagram, like this:
That’s it!
Do you like this new feature?
Let me know if you have any questions about it in the comments below.
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