Video of the Day

LightBlog

Post Top Ad

LightBlog
LightBlog

Monday, November 16, 2020

Here’s the deal with those Instagram DM updates you might have gotten

Here’s the deal with those Instagram DM updates you might have gotten

Instagram made some big changes recently. It replaced the "new post" button on the home screen with a link to its TikTok clone Reels. And, in an affront to everyone's muscle memory, it swapped out the notifications tab for a link to...shopping.

There's another change that you might have overlooked. The paper airplane icon for Instagram DMs is no more. It's been replaced with the logo for  Facebook Messenger, because Instagram DMs are now integrated with Messenger. 

What the heck does that mean? If you only just updated Instagram recently, you might have gotten an additional pop-up notification asking if you would like to "update" to the "new way to message on Instagram." If Instagram users choose to enable the change, they can send a DM to someone on Facebook within Instagram, even if that person doesn't have an account on Instagram. The same is true the other way around. Read more...

More about Instagram, Messenger, Tech, and Social Media Companies

from Mashable https://ift.tt/35z0whr

No comments:

Post a Comment

LightBlog

We’ll never share your email address with a third-party.

Labels

LATEST POST

Labels