How to put music in your Instagram ‘Reels’ videos? – Android or iOS

Instagram is a social network, which not only allows us to share simple images, stories and videos, but also currently Instagram has implemented a new tool called ‘Reels’.

The ‘Reels’ are short videos of approximately 15 to 30 seconds , this tool will allow you to create and edit funny and funny videos, and also, you can add Instagram filters, add music or use the original audio.

How to Put Music in your Instagram Videos ‘Reels’? – Android or iOS

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  1. How can you add music to your Reels videos?
  2. What can you do if your Instagram app doesn’t show the music icon?
    1. Use external apps
    2. Record videos with background music

How can you add music to your Reels videos?

When you are going to make a Reel you must take into account that music is of great importance in it, however, you can take into account that you can use the original audio of the video , or replace it with a fragment of song, the song you choose applies to all video.

In order to add music to your Reels, you must take into account the following: go to the stories and then to the Reels option, after this, touch where the musical note appears .

Select the song you want to add to your Reel, and finally, choose the fragment that you like the most and that’s it, so you’ll already have music on your Reel. In addition, you can also download the Reel in your gallery .

What can you do if your Instagram app doesn’t show the music icon?

It is possible that several users when wanting to use Instagram music, either from the Stories or from the Reels, have not achieved this sound option . In order to solve this problem we can do the following.

First, check if your Instagram application has the latest update, this is of great importance, since if the app has not been updated you will not be able to enjoy the new tools that Instagram has.

 

 

To update it, you just have to go to Google Play on Android, once there go to ‘my applications’, then click on the ‘Update’ button on Instagram.

If you have an iPhone, go to the App Store, click on your profile icon and then scroll to see the pending updates there, look for the Instagram one and click update and that’s it. If you do, you will surely be able to see the drafts of your Reels to modify them in case you want to change something.

Another way to solve this problem is to delete the Instagram cache . To do this, go to settings or configuration on your mobile, click on the ‘Applications’ option, then search for the Instagram app and click on the icon.

Next, go to the storage and cache window, click on clear cache and confirm so that the action can be carried out. At the end go back to the main settings page and click on ‘force close or stop’.

Finally, if none of the above options work, and it does not allow you to add music to your Instagram, uninstall the application and reinstall it again, so all the data will be deleted and your account will be closed, and when you log in again the problems will have been solved.

Use external apps

If you still can’t put music to either your stories or Instagram Reels, you can opt for another way, which is using external applications, since there are currently many apps with which you can add music to your videos or even to your images.

To put music in your stories you can use apps like ‘Lomotif’, ‘Story beat’ or  ‘the Videoshop App’,  these are some of the ones you can use to place either images or short videos.

They are all very easy to use and they are also completely free, when you finish editing your images or videos you can save it on your device and you can upload it to the app you want, in this case to Instagram and that’s it, you’ll have stories with music .

Record videos with background music

When recording videos or Reels there are also applications that allow us to put music on them, some of these most popular apps are VideoShow, Inshot, Viva video.

VideoShow, is an app with which it is very easy to create videos , it also has more than 50 templates that you can use when creating your video, it has options such as dividing your screen, adding gifts and you can incorporate any music sound.

Live video , it is one of the most complete editors , you can merge different videos, place filters, transitions, and many more functions, then you can save it and publish the video in your Reels.

Finally, we have the Inshot app, this app will allow you to make very original videos for your Reels on Instagram, it includes innovative filters, you can also make any kind of touch-ups, add audio, place the title you want or import several videos.

All these applications are available for both iPhone and Android, and are free, however, some have a paid option such as VideoShow which you can use if you want to enjoy more benefits.

Since reels became an innovation on the part of Instagram, it is now possible to present excellent content, including the most popular songs of the moment.