Instagram is introducing the flexibility for customers to share their places with their buddies by way of DMs (direct messages), the corporate announced on Monday. The characteristic signifies that the Meta-owned social community is seeking to problem companies like Apple’s “Discover My” and Snapchat’s Snap Map, each of that are fashionable methods for customers to see their buddies’ and family members’ dwell places.
The launch of the characteristic doesn’t come as a complete shock, as Instagram was noticed testing a way for users to see their friends’ live locations earlier this yr. It’s value noting that Meta’s different messaging app, WhatsApp, has allowed customers to share their dwell places with others for fairly a while.
Not like Apple and Snapchat, which allow you to share your location with others indefinitely, Instagram is just letting customers accomplish that for as much as one hour. Instagram says the characteristic can be utilized to coordinate arrival occasions or to search out your pals in crowded areas.
You may select to share your location with one individual, or with a bunch chat. When you share your location, solely the folks within the particular chat will be capable of see the place you’re, and your location can’t be forwarded to different chats. Additionally, you will see an indicator on the prime of the chat to remind you that you’re at the moment sharing your dwell location.
All dwell places expire after one hour. On condition that WhatsApp permits you to share your location with others for as much as eight hours, it’s attainable that Instagram’s time restrict on location-sharing could change sooner or later.
The brand new characteristic is on the market in choose international locations, the corporate stated. TechCrunch reached out for extra specifics.
Instagram additionally introduced on Monday that customers can now customise names in DMs by including nicknames for themselves or others. The corporate says the characteristic can be utilized to share an inside joke or to easily shorten prolonged usernames.
You may create a nickname by tapping on the chat identify on the prime of a dialog after which choosing “Nicknames.” From there, you’ll be able to choose the username of the individual you wish to assign a nickname to. Nicknames are solely seen in your DM chats.
Plus, Instagram is rolling out 17 new sticker packs with greater than 300 stickers you could share in DMs.
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