One of the main functions of the is the power connect and share with your friends and family quickly and easily in real time, an area in which the has gained vital importance in recent years. Instagram could not be left behind, and in a new stage of its constant evolution, it will allow you to know which contacts are connected to Instagram at a certain moment, so that you can send them a direct message.
Now you can know when your friends are online on Instagram
Now, every time your contacts are connected on Instagram, you will see a green dot next to their profile picture, in the same way that you can meet him in , Messenger, and many other instant messaging applications.
You will be able to know that your friends are connected on Instagram from different sections within the app, such as the one to send a message, as well as when sharing a post to your feed.
In this way it will be much easier to be able to connect immediately with your contacts: while until now there was only an indicator that showed the last hour of activity of your contacts, now the notice will be much more visual.
Of course, you will only be able to see the connection status of those people you follow or with whom you have spoken through Direct, and in the same way your activity information on the platform will only be visible to your friends, who will be able to find a green dot next to your profile if you are connected to the platform.
You can also easily configure your connection status
On the other hand, if you don’t want other contacts to know if you’re currently online or how long it’s been since your last connection, no problem: that’s fine too. you can set your connection status easily from your account settings menu.
To do this, you only have to choose the menu “activity status” and disable the button that says “show activity status”. Thus, your contacts on Instagram will not be able to know if you are connected at that moment, nor your last connection time. You should keep in mind that when you select this option, You won’t be able to know the connection status of your contacts either.
“Send direct messages to your friends and being able to connect with them through the content you likeIt’s more fun when you know your friends are there to see it.” mentioned Instagram in a post announcing this new tool.
“With this update you will have the opportunity to have more of those conversations in real time, while giving you the control to hide your status entirely.”
Thus, Instagram offers one more function to its 1,000 million users who continue to maintain this social network as one of their favorites as it provides them with a better experience and constantly integrates fun new featureslike the , the , and among many others.
Image: from Instagram.
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