DO YOU KNOW THE 7 NEW FEATURES TO CHAT ON INSTAGRAM?

DO YOU KNOW THE 7 NEW FEATURES TO CHAT ON INSTAGRAM?

Meta is pointing towards Instagram’s instant messaging service under the promise that it will help you connect with your friends in an easier and more fun way.  

Instagram has unique attributes. So, Meta wants to position Instagram new features to compete against its sister properties WhatsApp, which is the most used in the world, and Facebook Messenger, which is in the top 5.   

    

 

And it is that Instagram wants to ‘kill two birds with one stone’. For example, before, while you were browsing the feed and received a direct message, you had to leave what you were doing pending in order to go and answer. Instead, now you don’t have to miss what you’re watching because a pop-up notification Will appear at the top of the screen, simplifying the steps.

  • Share content with friends. This is one of the most pleasant experiences, because funny or viral videos and news or informative posts should not wait. So, with the ‘Share’ function it will quickly reach your friend without interrupting your experience in the app.
  • See who’s online. At the top of the inbox, the green button on your contacts’ photo will tell you who is online and probably free to chat. This is a function very similar to the one handled by Facebook Messenger.
  • Share music. Apple Music, Amazon Music and soon Spotify will let you share 30 seconds of that song you love or a new music release with your contacts.
  • Silent messages. You just have to type “@silent” in the message box and with this you will avoid unwanted noise or notification. For example, if you send a direct message to someone at dawn or if your contact is in a meeting and cannot answer.
  • Another feature that Instagram and Facebook Messenger share, it’s to customize the chats, either with colors and themes. So here comes a new theme called ‘lo-fi’ to make your conversations more relaxed and personal.
  • And last but not least, group ‘argues’ will no longer be a problem, as Instagram will incorporate a new function called Polls into group chats. There they can vote plans, what time to meet, what movie to watch, among other things.

As always, these functions will be launched, initially, in certain countries until providing coverage worldwide.