Music won’t play on Instagram story? Lot of users facing ‘no sound’ or ‘music not playing’ issue

If you are trying to add music or soundtrack to a photo or a video on Instagram but it isn’t going through. Don’t worry as you aren’t alone. Facebook-owned Instagram launched the feature to add a soundtrack in an Instagram Story over a photo or video back in June 2018. Since Instagram Stories is one of the most widely used features, adding a soundtrack is something millions of people are doing every day but hey, a majority of them are facing trouble posting a soundtrack.

What is the Music Sticker feature & the what’s the fuss about?

For those who are apparently living under a rock, Instagram released a feature to add a soundtrack to video or photo on Instagram Stories that everyone can check out. You can select an audio based on your choice so you can filter by mood or artists or choose from the popular songs available. In fact, the feature doesn’t only lets you choose but you can actually narrow it down to your favorite part of the song with lyrics or music cover in a 15-second playback window which is great to express yourself on social media.

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An update to iOS allows users to add music before shooting the video while Android users are still awaiting getting the update. Anyways, talking about the ‘music’ sticker available within Instagram Stories, it perhaps doesn’t work for all. Millions of users use it every day and thanks to the power of platforms like Reddit & Twitter, they report issues whenever a service is down. Although Instagram is pretty much active all the time, the feature tends to report a huge number of complaints.

Complaints consisting of various issues with the music sticker such as some users have reported that they cannot add any music to their story while some say that they can add and post the story but there’s no sound. Moreover, there are tonnes of reports of people stating how the music sticker feature is not available on their account but their friends or family members have it even though they live in the same region.

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