They discover traces of calls and video calls on Instagram

Would you use a call and video call service on Instagram? The app may include these features in future updates, but this has not yet been confirmed and the exact date of release is unknown.

Thanks to a investigation by TechCrunch, we know that there are new versions of the app that hide the calling and video calling functionality. These functions would be included within the Instagram direct message service.

Calls and video calls on Instagram: will they be successful?

We have already turned WhatsApp calls into one of the fundamental tools of our day-to-day communication. The most important messaging service, in fact, contributed to the collapse of Skype as a communication tool for video calls.

The question now is whether users will want to make calls and video calls through Instagram. But maybe the developers will make the right decision, because the social network is already one of the most popular.

In fact, Instagram users use the private message service a lot to share posts with their friends, recommend profiles to follow and , even, chat.

The social network wants to promote the use of its platform as a messaging app. In this sense, adding the call and video call options would greatly enrich the service. And, of course, I would continue to "score points" for Instagram in its war against Snapchat, which is falling further and further behind.

Concerns about privacy

One of the main concerns about calls and video calls on Instagram is, of course, the issue of privacy. Will end-to-end encryption of communications be guaranteed? Will we have some way to filter the requests to avoid that any stranger can contact us by voice call?

In this case, the most sensible thing to do would be to use the call request system or video call request At the moment this option exists to avoid that anyone can write us a private message.A notification is received advising of the contact attempt, and then it is each user who decides whether or not to accept the communication by direct message (or by call/video call).