Instagram Adds New 'Quiet Mode' to Help Users Take Breaks, Extra Manual Controls for …

Key points: Instagram’s adding a ‘Quiet Mode’ that will notify contacts when you’re offline Instagram’s also adding new manual content controls to improve its recommendations Instagram’s also adding new settings update alerts for parents Instagram’s adding more ways for users to control their in-app experience, with new tools that better enable you to take a break from the app, and options to manage what you’re shown in content recommendations. First off, Instagram’s adding a new ‘Quiet Mode’, which will switch off all notifications, add a ‘Quiet Mode’ notifier to your profile status, and implement an auto-responder on your DMs. As you can see in these images, you can manually set your Quiet Mode time in the app, which adds relevant alerts to let your contacts know that you’re off-grid. As per IG: “Teens have told us that they sometimes want to take time for themselves and might be looking for more ways to focus at night, while studying, and during school. You can easily customize your ‘Quiet mode’ hours to fit your schedule and once the feature is turned off, we’ll show you a quick summary of notifications so you can catch up on what you missed.” Instagram further notes
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