Meta announces new features for Instagram direct messages, such as text editing or pinning chats to the top

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Meta announced in early March 2024 a number of new Instagram DM (direct message) features to help users “better connect with friends, express themselves, and organize their inbox.”

Whether it’s a typo or something just doesn’t sound right, users can now edit Instagram direct messages up to 15 minutes after sending them, according to information posted on Meta’s official blog, which we relied on for this news. To make a change, the user must long-press the sent message and then click on the “Edit” option that appears in the drop-down menu.

Secondly, Meta reports that

A up to three group chats can be pinned to the top of your Instagram inbox, similar to what you can do when pinning photos or videos in your feed, which is useful when optimizing an Instagram profile .

To move a chat to the top of the inbox, one needs to swipe left or tap and hold on the chat. The user then needs to click on the ‘Pin’ option. At any time, the conversation thread can be unpinned from that chat and replaced with another one.

Meta has also announced, among other new features for Instagram direct specific database by industry messages, the possibility of activating or deactivating read receipts. To activate or deactivate it for all chats, you must follow the steps below, as listed in the original post:

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Go to account settings

Click on Messages and story replies.
Click on ‘Show read receipts’
Turn read receipts on or off for all chats
More new features in optimizing content however they can Instagram direct messages
Below we continue to explain more new features in Instagram direct messages announced by Meta :

Save favorite stickers
Since the beginning of March 2024, Instagram users can also save their favorite aob directory stickers in direct messages for easy access. To do this, long press on the sticker you want to save, which will appear at the top from this action.

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