We’re also bringing familiar features from Messenger like replying to a specific message, forwarding a message, and customizable chat colors and themes. You can also control where you receive messages and calls, such as in your chats, in your message requests or not at all. The main change is that people using the Messenger app can now reach you on Instagram without you needing to download a new app, and vice versa. Messages and calls from friends and family using Instagram will stay in your Instagram app.

We’re also introducing vanish mode, where you can set messages to automatically disappear after they’re seen. Watch Together lets you watch trending videos with friends on IGTV during a video call. Selfie stickers are a unique hybrid of Boomerang, emojis, and selfies – and a new way to react to conversations. We’re also adding more than 10 new features so you can stay close to your friends. With this update, it will be even easier to stay connected without thinking about which app to use to reach your friends and family.

In our research, four out of five people who use messaging apps in the US say that spending more time connecting with friends and family on these apps is important to them, yet one out of three people sometimes find it difficult to remember where to find a certain conversation thread. People on Instagram can decide whether to update immediately to this new experience. That’s why we’re connecting the Messenger and Instagram experience to bring some of the best Messenger features to Instagram – so you have access to the best messaging experience, no matter which app you use. More than a billion people already use Messenger as a place to share, hang out and express themselves with family and friends. People are communicating in private spaces now more than ever. These days, we rely on video calls to hang out with friends, send memes and GIFs to communicate what we really think (but can’t always say), and share funny photos and voice notes to stay in touch. On Facebook’s family of apps alone, people send more than 100 billion messages to their friends and family each day. We’ve been exploring how messaging should evolve as we grow. Messaging has come a long way since we first brought it to Instagram. Today, we’re announcing an update to Instagram DMs by introducing a new Messenger experience on the app.

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