Instagram is popular for uploading and watching videos and photos. You can watch videos on the "Feed" as well as on "Stories". When you scroll down, the videos will autoplay which results in draining your mobile bandwidth.
Preloading videos could be annoying because you may not like to watch all the videos while scrolling deep.
If you're connected to an unlimited wifi connection, it won't be an issue. For budget data users, this would be a headache.
On the Instagram web version, the videos won't autoplay by default. Also, there is no option to alter this setting.
Previously, Instagram had autoplay settings to enable/disable the feature. They had removed this feature to welcome Ad push for improving their business model. However, you can explore data settings on the Instagram app to control the autoplay of videos.
You can stop autoplay on Facebook and Twitter. You can do the same on the Instagram app for Android and iPhone under "Cellular Data Settings".
So, you can choose to play the videos you want to watch. This will help you to save your mobile data.
Preloading videos could be annoying because you may not like to watch all the videos while scrolling deep.
If you're connected to an unlimited wifi connection, it won't be an issue. For budget data users, this would be a headache.
On the Instagram web version, the videos won't autoplay by default. Also, there is no option to alter this setting.
Previously, Instagram had autoplay settings to enable/disable the feature. They had removed this feature to welcome Ad push for improving their business model. However, you can explore data settings on the Instagram app to control the autoplay of videos.
You can stop autoplay on Facebook and Twitter. You can do the same on the Instagram app for Android and iPhone under "Cellular Data Settings".
So, you can choose to play the videos you want to watch. This will help you to save your mobile data.