Instagram has announced a new set of features that will change messaging on the platform as we know it. The most interesting and useful one lets you multitask, and you’ll no longer need to open DMs and lose the track of your scrolling. Instead, you’ll be able to simply reply to messages while your Feed is still open.
In the announcement, Meta explains the changes that are about to come. Basically, your DM s will look a lot like Facebook Messenger, but here are the key changes:
Quickly send to friends: We want to help people reshare interesting content without interrupting their Instagram experience. By tapping and holding the share button, you can effortlessly reshare posts to your closest friends. See who’s online: At the top of your inbox, you can see who’s free to chat at that moment, helping you find serendipitous opportunities to connect with friends. These changes didn’t come as a surprise. Instagram and Messenger started merging almost two years ago, and the lines between the two have become pretty blurry. As Mosseri pointed out earlier, messaging has been the main focus for Instagram over the past year or so. In addition to Reels, of course. Meta says that all these new features are already available in some countries, and the company plans to launch them globally. However, some of them will not be available in Europe due to this region’s ePrivacy Directive. [via The Verge; image credits: Meta]
