Instagram has added some new features to assist customers have fun Lunar New 12 months, together with new, themed stickers and a customized AR impact.

As you’ll be able to see right here, the brand new stickers commemorate the 12 months of the Tiger, with artwork by Hong Kong-based Ophelia Pang. The stickers present a easy solution to mark the occasion, which will probably be celebrated from January thirty first to February fifteenth.

As well as, Instagram’s additionally added a #MyLNY2022 AR impact, which gives one other solution to have interaction with the celebration.

There’s really a variety of Lunar New 12 months results obtainable within the app, which you will discover through the use of the search possibility on the finish of the results carousel.

Instagram launched an identical set of Lunar New 12 months instruments final 12 months, which is a part of its broader concentrate on maximizing engagement round cultural occasions.

 As defined by Instagram chief Adam Mosseri:

“In the case of celebrating cultural moments, we wish to be a platform the place creators showcase their work.”

Showcasing creativity is the place Instagram is more and more seeking to align itself, as it really works to distinguish the app from TikTok, which is extra primarily based on communal expression and meme-based sharing. If Instagram can put extra concentrate on artistic output, particularly, that may very well be a solution to lean into the rising Web3 motion, during which, theoretically, creators may very well be higher rewarded and celebrated for his or her work.

These Lunar New 12 months instruments showcase the artwork of some creators, however the bigger imaginative and prescient for Instagram is that it might be higher positioned to offer a platform for extra artists in the identical method, which may assist it regain its momentum within the face of the TikTok problem.

You possibly can try Instagram’s Lunar New 12 months instruments within the app.