This Itechguide teaches you how to watch Instagram live on PC.
Step 1: Install “Stories for Instagram” Chrome Extension
Instagram.com does not offer the option to watch Instagram live on PC.
The way around this is to install “Stories for Instagram” Chrome extension. Then use the extension to watch Instagram live on PC.
Here are the steps to install this extension…
- Open Stories for Instagram Chrome web store link from Google Chrome browser.
- Then, on the top right of the page, click Add to Chrome. A confirmation pop-up window will be displayed.
- At the bottom of the confirmation pop up, click Add extension.
- Wait for the extension to install on Chrome. When it is installed, the icon will be displayed on the top right of your Chrome browser – see the second image below…
Step 2: Watch Instagram Live with “Stories for Instagram”
Watching live Instagram videos with this extension is very simple. You can also view Instagram Stories on a PC. Here are the steps…
Option 1: Watch Instagram Live with “IG Stories for Instagram”
- Open Instagram.com from Google Chrome on your PC.
- If one of the people you already follow is streaming live, it will appear on the top left of the page.
- To start watching the live stream on your PC, on the top left of the page, click the live video link. See the highlighted portion of the video below.
- The live video stream will open in a new browser tab.
- To download the video, hover over it. Then, on the top left of the screen click the Download link.
Option 2: View Instagram Stories with “IG Stories for Instagram”
You can also watch the Instagram Stories of the people you follow.
- On the top left of Instagram.com (beside the person’s live video icon), click on the person’s Instagram Stories icon.
- You could also click the same icon under Stories on the right pane of the page.
- The person’s Stories will be displayed. To scroll through, hover over the page and click the forward or backward buttons.
It is easy to watch Instagram live on a PC! I hope you found this Itechguide helpful.
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Help! This EXTREMELY valuable extension has disappeared from the Chrome Web Store. Do you plan on making it available again? I needed to reinstall Chrome today and it disappeared from my extensions! I never would have reinstalled Chrome if I had known I would have lost access to this extension.
Was temporarily unavailable. It is now back in the Chrome store as “Stories for Instagram”
Tried to find this extension-“IG Stories for Instagram” Chrome Extensio, but could not locate it in the web chrome
Was temporarily unavailable. It is now back in the Chrome store as “Stories for Instagram”
this was so helpful and simple thank you
Thank you for the feedback!
Thanks sooo much. I spent less than an hour trying to figure it out. Thanks
You are welcome Josh
You know that Chrome extension states it gets the right to read and change anything in your name on any website you visit.
Thanks, China!
I didn’t know that! Do you have the link to this Chrome extension policy? I may be helpful to other readers.