Instagram is updating its messaging features to provide a single inbox for all conversations, with Instagram Direct now combining both ephemeral and permanent messages. Cloning Snapchat Stories proved ...

You can video chat on Instagram with up to 6 people at once by tapping the video camera icon in any direct message ...

After successfully cloning Snapchat Stories, Instagram is looking to one-up its competitor in chat with a reimagining of its sleeping giant of a private messaging feature, Instagram Direct. Rolling ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As Instagram passes the ten-year mark, the social media app has become more popular than ever, especially for businesses: A third of all ...

If you're an avid Instagram user, you're probably more than a little familiar with the app's direct messaging capabilities (or DMs, as the youths say). DMs allow you to chat privately with your ...

NEW YORK — Instagram has added a new feature that lets users share photos and videos with up to 15 people rather than everyone who follows them on the popular Facebook-owned photo-sharing app. Called ...

Following in the footsteps of parent company Facebook, Instagram is beginning a test in six countries today that will see the launch of a new standalone app called "Direct," which will be solely ...

Most apps look to cram in as much functionality as possible but that's not always the case. Social media king Facebook a few years back rolled Messenger into its own app and now, it appears interested ...

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Facebook’s Zoom rival now works with Instagram, too. The update allows Instagram users to create Messenger Rooms from their Instagram Direct Inbox. The new feature, which is starting to roll out to ...

Instagram’s private messaging could soon be getting new features — but that’s only if the platform’s split turning Direct messages into a separate app makes it through testing. Instagram recently ...

Depending on the source of the Instagram Story, you may be able to share it through DMs, on your own story, or with a copied ...