Close Friends feature was spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi.

Close Friends feature was spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi. It allows users to share Stories and Reels only with a selected group of people. If you choose to remove yourself from someone’s Close Friends list, you will no longer be able to view their exclusive stories and Reels unless they add you again. Earlier this week, Meta said it plans to test new subscription plans that will offer exclusive features across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. According to Meta, these paid tools are meant to give users more control. The feature is still in its early stages and is not publicly available for testing yet.