Instagram Direct Messaging Features Get Significant Update
Facebook’s focus on messaging has trickled down to Instagram, which announced several enhancements to the Instagram Direct messaging features it introduced in December 2013.
Facebook’s focus on messaging has trickled down to Instagram, which announced several enhancements to the Instagram Direct messaging features it introduced in December 2013.
The updates were rolled out Tuesday as part of version 7.5 of Instagram for iOS and Android, and they include:
- Threaded messages.
- The ability to name group messages and add other users.
- The ability to add “jumbo” emoji or photos taken with the application’s quick camera feature to messages.
- Sharing photos and videos directly from users’ Instagram feeds, location pages or hashtag pages via the new reshare arrow, located alongside the like and comment icons on photos and videos, or in the top-right-hand corner of location or hashtag pages.
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