Instagram spruces up its DMs, introduces easy music sharing, silent messaging – BusinessToday

We recently told you about a bunch of new shortcuts that Meta added to Messenger to make the experience better on the app. Now, the company is continuing that streak and adding some features to Instagram DMs to make messaging better on this app too. The updates coming to Instagram DMs will make it easier to share posts and respond to messages. One of the first of these updates is the option to respond to a new message while you are browsing. If you get a new message while you are on your timeline, you will now be able to see a new overlay feature that will allow you to quickly respond to it instead of leaving your timeline and going into your inbox. Also, if you come across a post that you want to share with someone, Instagram is adding a feature that will let you do that more quickly. Once you press and hold the “send” icon, it is going to pull up a row of “your closest friends” and you can pick who you want to send the post to. This too can be done without going away from your timeline. Once you are in your inbox,…
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