And one or two features inherited from FB Messenger.
Instagram is giving users a host of new options when sending direct messages on its platform. The most useful is a new option to quickly reply to a DM directly from your feed without having to go into your inbox and lose your place. There are also new share options as well as the ability to send song previews and conduct polls in group chats.
The platform’s head, Adam Mosseri, announced Instagram’s intention to focus on messaging this year in aprimary way people connect online at this point,” Mosseri said. “Instagram needs to embrace the fact that messaging is that primary form of communication.”The song previews feature will offer short 30-second clips of tracks and is offered thanks to integrations with Apple and Amazon’s music streaming services, with support for Spotify coming soon.
Other features bring Instagram’s DMs in line with what’s already offered in Facebook Messenger, which shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise given the company’s work to
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