View and Interact with Stories
Prerequisites
- Stable Internet: A stable internet connection is required for viewing and interacting with Stories.
Understanding Story Visibility
Story Display: The Stories screen shows the recently added stories and lists the viewed stories separately. The Stories will be listed as:
- Recents - All newly added, unseen Stories are listed here in a grid view and will remain here till you view them.
- Viewed - Once you have fully viewed all Stories from a contact. Their stories will be listed here as story circles.
How to View a Story
From the Stories Screen:
Stories from a contact stay in the grid view under Recents till you view them, once you have viewed all the stories a contact has posted, you can view them under Viewed.
Mobile
Web
Mobile
- Tap on the
Stories tab to open Stories screen.
- Tap on any story to view it.
- Tap right on the story to view the next story and tap left to view the previous one.
- Swipe down to close the story.
- New story updates will be indicated in the Stories tab
, and will remain visible until you visit the Stories screen.
Web
- Click the
Stories tab to open Stories screen.
- Click any story to view it.
- Click the
right arrow to view the next story and click the
left arrow to view the previous one.
- Click the
close icon to close the story.
- New story updates will be indicated in the Stories tab
, and will remain visible until you visit the Stories screen.
From Chat List:
- Go to the Chats screen.
- Any contact with a recently added story that you haven't viewed will show a coloured circle around their display picture.
- Tap or click the contact's display picture to open the story directly.
How to Interact with a Story
Like and Reply:
Mobile
Web
Mobile
- Open the contact's Story.
- To Like, tap the
heart icon. To unlike, tap the heart icon again.
- To Reply, tap the Reply message bar at the bottom, type your message, and tap the
send icon.
Alternatively, swipe up to reply. - This reply will be sent in their direct chat.
Web
- Open the contact's Story.
- To Like, click the
heart icon at the bottom right of the story. To unlike, click the heart icon again.
- To Reply, click Reply at the bottom right of the story, type your message, and click the
send icon or press the Enter key.
- This reply will be sent in their direct chat.
Pause and Mute:
Mobile
Web
Mobile
- Open the contact's Story.
- To Pause, tap and hold the screen, this will freeze the story and prevent it from auto running. Release the screen to resume.
- Mute option is not available on mobile devices.
Web
- Open the contact's Story.
- To Pause, click the
pause icon, this will freeze the story and will prevent it from auto running. Click the
play icon to resume.
Alternatively, you can press the space bar to pause and resume. - To Mute a video, click the
mute icon, to unmute, click the
speaker icon.
FAQs
1. Who can view a Story?
Story visibility depends on the privacy settings chosen by the user who posted it. You may only see Stories shared with you based on their selected audience or contact permissions.
Story visibility depends on the privacy settings chosen by the user who posted it. You may only see Stories shared with you based on their selected audience or contact permissions.
2. Why can’t I see someone’s Story even though they are on my contact list?
This may happen if the user has changed their privacy settings, excluded you from their viewing audience, or has not posted any active Stories.
This may happen if the user has changed their privacy settings, excluded you from their viewing audience, or has not posted any active Stories.
3. Can I pause a Story while watching it?
Yes. Press and hold the screen to pause the Story. It will continue when you release your finger.
Yes. Press and hold the screen to pause the Story. It will continue when you release your finger.
4. Will a contact be notified if I like their Stories?
No. Currently, Arattai does not send any notifications for Story likes.