Instagram now allows you to reply to direct messages with photos
The photography social network seems to have new intentions beyond sharing aesthetic images and videos of all kinds. And it has just launched an update, significantly improving its messaging It is Instagram Direct , which up to now allowed for direct and private contact with one or more people, but without great fanfare in terms of communication.Something that has changed to become a real chat tool where you can reply to messages following what is seen on Snapchat
In this way, Instagram Direct develops its full potential in the field of messaging, offering more possibilities in your responses, and allowing the creation of all kinds of conversations or communities where you can share photos and videos from any account Instagram And there is also a new button to bring contents that are not their own to these chats. Something that could turn the usual use of Instagram Direct which already has more than 85 million users per month , according to the company's own figures.
The highlight of this new version of Instagram is the development of Instagram Direct as a messaging section.Whereas previously it was necessary to start a new conversation with one or more people to send a photo, now it allows you to add more content to the same conversation. That is, start a chat with a photo and allow the interlocutors to send others to continue the interaction. But not only that, along with these images, we also welcome the videos and the Emoji emoticons(Large size). Everything necessary to create a dynamic conversation with many possibilities for the users of this social network.
Apart from this, another novelty of Instagram Direct is the grouping of conversations With this, it is not necessary to create a new conversation or thread for each content. All of them are related to people you've already interacted with, based on users, not content, making it easier to share photos and videos with the usual people, in addition to finding all the information shared in the same chat.Now it is also possible to give names to these groups, finding them easily and quickly. All this with a new icon to send responses in the form of selfies almost instantly in these conversations.
The other great point of this update, for its part, is the possibility of sharing any Instagram content in these groups or conversations of Instagram Direct And it is no longer necessary to mention anyone with the @ in a publication. Simply press the new icon of the arrow located next to the Like and the speech bubble to Comment, and select one of the groups in which you participate in Instagram Direct It doesn't matter if they are photos or videos of other users you follow.
In short, an update that significantly changes the way Instagram messaging works. Something that will not only allow contact with other users, either to flirt or to praise their content, but also to create true communities and groups, and develop the communication possibilities of this social network. Something that could do some damage to other messaging applications like Snapchat, despite their notable differences. The new version of Instagram is now available for both iOS and Android via App Store and Google Playcompletely free
