Instagram is rolling out per-image captions for carousel posts, letting each slide carry its own text and hashtags. The update, which builds on a recent doubling of carousel capacity to 20 slides, gives creators more flexible storytelling tools and is expected to reach all users within a week.

Creators can now combine up to 20 distinct images or videos with 20 separate captions inside a single post.
Separate captions let followers follow contextual storytelling without losing narrative thread across slides, particularly useful for travel recaps or bulk photo shares from a given period.
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