A new Instagram feature automatically filters out abusive direct messages
As a bonus, another new feature Instagram is now rolling out helps stop people you’re already blocked from contacting you through a new account.
Instagram Direct
How to group video chat on Instagram
Whether you’re new to the popular social media app or just new to this feature, we’ll show you how to group video chat on Instagram.
Instagram now tells you who cannot see a private post or story before you hit Send
Instagram today launched a new feature with which it aims to prevent accidental sharing of private posts and stories to people in direct messages.
How to Restrict a user in the Instagram app
If you’re reluctant to block or report a user on Instagram who’s giving you trouble, there’s another option. Here’s how to Restrict a user on Instagram.
Instagram is killing off its standalone Direct messaging app
Instagram is doing a little simplifying and housekeeping: the Facebook-owned company will be removing Direct, its standalone messaging app that was originally unveiled in 2017, within the next month.
Instagram launching walkie-talkie voice messaging feature in Direct
Voice messaging began rolling out globally on Instagram Direct today, allowing you to send short audio message to a contact in a walkie-talkie-like fashion.
Instagram begins rolling out video chat in Direct & topic channels in Explore
Instagram’s Explore tab is still personalized according to your interests and preferences, but now automatically organizes content into topic channels that you can mute at will.
Instagram implements group video chat, revamped Explore tab & fun new camera effects
Instagram Direct now lets up to four people conduct a video chat at the same time. In addition, the app is rolling out a redesigned Explore tab and new camera effects
Instagram launches new ways to reply with photos and videos in Direct
Instagram is improving photo and video replies to make it easier to have fun visual conversations with your friends.
You can now save your Instagram live videos
Facebook-owned Instagram announced Monday that users can now save their own live-streamed Instagram videos to their iPhone. You can now tap Save in the upper-right corner of a finished live video to save the broadcast to the Photos library on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The iPhone photography app will continue to remove live videos from the interface after you’ve watched them, but you can now hold onto any video to re-watch it later. These updates require Instagram 10.12, available free from App Store.
Instagram Direct rolls out threaded messaging and sending feed content privately
Tuesday, Facebook-owned Instagram launched some notable improvements for its private-messaging feature, called Instagram Direct.
Available in Instagram’s 7.5 update, a free download in the App Store, Instagram Direct now supports threaded conversations and allows you to pick a photo from a user’s feed to send to a friend or group privately as a Direct message.
Instagram 5.0 launches in App Store with Instagram Direct support
And just like clockwork, Instagram’s newly-updated mobile app is now live in the App Store with support for Instagram Direct, a new feature announced just an hour ago at the company’s Share a Moment media event in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. This capability that some mistakenly refer to as a private messaging feature introduces much-needed granularity to sharing by allowing users to send a photo or video not only to a group of their Instagram followers, but also to those not following them on the service…
