The plans Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially revealed in January 2019 to integrate the messaging services of Instagram, Messenger From Facebook and WhatsApp took a significant step forward with the company’s move Wednesday to add some of Messenger’s top features to Instagram Direct.
The social network confirmed in August that it was testing the integration, with a spokesperson saying at the time, “A small set of people were able to update to a new test experience for Instagram messaging. We hope they enjoy the experience and we are looking forward to testing it in other countries so we can keep learning from this.”
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