Instagram in the present day introduced a number of updates for direct messages on its platform, together with location sharing, nicknames, new sticker packs, and extra.
There’s now an choice to share a dwell location with a good friend for as much as one hour on Instagram, which can be utilized for finding associates when getting collectively in actual life. There’s additionally an choice to pin a spot to a map for coordinating meetups.
Instagram says that places can solely be shared privately in DMs, both in a chat with only one different particular person or a bunch chat. All dwell places will expire after an hour, and the function is turned off by default. Solely individuals within the chat can see your location, and placement data can’t be forwarded to different chats. Instagram’s weblog submit says that customers needs to be “aware” of their privateness and solely share their location with real-life associates.
DMs in Instagram could be personalized with nicknames, which seem in DM chats. Customers can set nicknames for themselves or their associates, simplifying prolonged usernames to make them simpler to acknowledge. Making a nickname could be finished by tapping on the chat identify on the prime of a dialog after which tapping on Nicknames and the username of the particular person.
Together with location sharing and nicknames, Instagram has additionally added 17 sticker packs with 300 new stickers that can be utilized in DMs. There’s a new choice to favourite a sticker, and a brand new DM sticker tray.
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