Now you can add text and stickers to Instagram posts

Instagram now lets you simply add text to your images. Not only that, but you can use a sticker to layer a photo on top of another. This also includes carousels.

The company claims that "this gives you the creative flexibility to make your content stand out and explore new, more entertaining, storytelling with photos and carousels".

After you've chosen a photo from your gallery, simply hit the text button to add some text, or the gallery button in the top right corner to layer in other photographs as stickers. Tap on the sticker to change its shape; you can choose between rectangle, square, circle, heart, or star.

Instagram recently doubled the carousel limit to 20 images and videos per post. It's also introducing new and distinctive fonts, animations, and effects in a simpler text tool for reels and stories. After you've chosen a typeface, you can animate the text or apply an effect.