What You Need to Know About the Updated Instagram Messenger

Facebook and Instagram have integrated several features into Messenger for a seamless inter-platform user experience.

What’s New?

The trendiest update undoubtedly is the visibility of Instagram Stories. This feature allows you to upload content created within the last 24hrs directly from your smartphone’s camera roll.

• You can add stickers to your Story to give it a personal touch and add context.
• You can use emoji buttons, stickers about the weather, time, location, or just a caption.
• You can even do a clickable poll on your Story.

Instagram has a separate queue for Stories than its posts. When the IG Story is viewed, the site’s algorithm puts it in the feed of viewers in order of appearance. This makes users far more likely to engage with this Story even when they may not be engaging with the account’s posts so frequently. Story Views can thus significantly change an account’s social engagement metrics.

Instagram Stories have revolutionized the way we communicate and reach a larger audience on the platform. With their fast-paced, ephemeral nature, IG Stories have quickly become a popular choice for both personal and business accounts looking to increase their social engagement and online visibility. As a result, many services specializing in boosting social signals now offer specific packages designed to enhance organic activity on IG Stories, making them an indispensable tool for reaching and connecting with a wider audience. Whether you're looking to build a personal brand or promote your business, maximizing your presence on IG Stories is an essential step towards online success. Stories are increasingly used for:

• sharing product information,
• brand building,
• announcing contests,
• establishing the awareness.

Recently, Instagram also introduced Stories Highlights to keep Stories active for longer than 24 hours. How long one wishes to keep it busy is user-dependent.

Exciting Things to Know About

Here is a list of what else Instagram offers on its latest version of Messenger services:

• You can now swipe to reply to messages and react with emojis to conversations sent by Facebook friends without leaving Instagram.
• You can customize your settings to automatically receive message requests and video chats from Facebook accounts on the IG app.
• If you have made your account details public, your Facebook friends can easily find your Instagram account by typing your Facebook name on the IG messenger.
• Conversely, you can also block and report unwanted messages on Messenger.
• You can activate disappearing messages.
• You can share links to posts.
• You can personalize the chat by changing the font, chat window color and use stickers. You can even send animated selfie stickers!
• You can view videos together with others on Messenger.

QR Code Integration

With the rapid evolution of digital tools, QR codes have also found their space in boosting online interactions. To increase the outreach of any content, users often create a QR code for a URL, making it easier for others to access specific online destinations. Instagram could potentially integrate such tools in the future, aligning with the current trend of interactive digital features. This would further optimize user experience and broaden content accessibility.