Mumbai: Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Instagram and Edits have introduced a suite of limited-edition creative tools designed to help users express themselves and connect with loved ones in more personalized ways. The seasonal update includes new fonts, text effects, love-themed sticker frames and custom mention stickers, enabling users to add a festive touch to their Stories, Reels and DMs.
The Valentine’s Day-themed features aim to make sharing romantic moments, celebrating friendships or simply spreading love more engaging and interactive. From enhanced text animations to playful chat themes, the platform is encouraging users to create content that feels authentic, fun and expressive.
On Instagram, users can access new fonts and text effects tailored to the season, allowing them to add Valentine’s-themed elements to Stories and Reels. Photo sticker frames bring love-inspired designs to selfies and shared moments, while Story Comments Secret Phrases unlock special themes and animations when specific words are used. Custom Story Mentions enable users to tag their significant others or friends with themed stickers. Additionally, Notes now feature Valentine’s-themed hint text and interactive secret phrases, and DMs can be switched to a festive Valentine’s chat theme in both dark and light modes.
Edits, the companion creation tool, introduces themed fonts and text presets designed for Valentine’s Day Reels, along with sound effects such as harp music and heartbeat audio to enhance storytelling. A new speed control feature allows creators to accelerate Reels up to 100x, offering dramatic or playful visual effects aligned with the celebratory mood.
While the Valentine’s Day features on Instagram will be available from February 12th to 16th, the newly introduced tools on Edits will remain accessible beyond the seasonal window. Together, the updates reinforce the platforms’ focus on fostering creativity, connection and meaningful digital interactions during one of the year’s most expressive occasions.
