 "YouTube renames its Reels feature as Stories to replicate Instagram and Facebook")
Stories are coming to **YouTube** as well. Stories, a brainchild from the house of Snapchat, became an overnight sensation which was further popularised by **Instagram** and **Facebook** . Instagram and Facebook never invented Stories, they simply borrowed it. [caption id=“attachment_4573931” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]  YouTube Logo. Image: YouTube Creator Academy[/caption] On a similar note, last year, YouTube unveiled a similar feature under a different name called ‘Reels’. It was created for YouTube Creators to interact with their subscribers more closely. Unlike Snapchat Stories, your stories would not disappear after 24 hours. According to a report by the GSMArena, this feature was available only for creators who had more than 10,000 YouTube subscribers. But it looks like YouTube is giving in to the peer pressure, as a report by Android Police suggests that Reel has been renamed as Stories. As per the report, this option looks quite similar to Instagram Stories. Whenever there is a new story, users will be able to see a red circle around their picture. Additionally, an Androidworld report states that when you open the story, there is a subscribe button which pops up but no option to comment or reply to it. This is open to a few subscribers. It is not known whether it will be available to all YouTube Creators yet.
YouTube is giving into the peer pressure and has renamed Reels as Stories.
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