Given the real-time nature of Instagram Live, many users — both hosts and viewers— – are looking for methods to save Instagram Live videos or download them later.

Live stream viewers won't be able to share the live stream, but co-hosts can. For more, check out what we know about Instagram's unskippable ads and how to mute specific words from your Threads feed.

This way, you can be sure that the upload worked without having to check the Instagram app again after closing it. Of course, Instagram’s Live Activities work on both Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.