Meta updates Meta AI in WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram Direct, and the Meta.AI website with Llama 4 in 40 countries; multimodal features are US-only in English
Meta has released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family — on a Saturday, no less.
Instagram says it is testing letting some users access DMs from its website
we need to make sure it works well — but we hope to bring this to everyone soon. https://www.theverge.com/... @instagram : DMs, but make them desktop. 👍 We're currently testing Direct messaging on the...
Instagram is shutting down Instagram Direct, its standalone direct messaging app that it was testing to rival Snapchat, on iOS and Android
As Facebook pushes ahead with its strategy to consolidate more of the backend of its various apps on to a single platform, it's also doing a little simplifying and housekeeping.
Sources: Facebook to allow unified messaging for businesses so they can access and manage messages from Instagram Direct alongside Facebook Messenger
Facebook is building a unified messaging for businesses feature that will let businesses access and manage Instagram Direct Messages alongside …
Instagram launches a walkie talkie-like voice messaging feature, rolling out globally on Instagram Direct today
You'd think Facebook would be faster at copying itself. Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging …
Instagram Direct now combines ephemeral messages with permanent messages in the same threads; Facebook says Direct now has 375M users, up from 300M in Nov. 2016
After successfully cloning Snapchat Stories, Instagram is looking to one-up its competitor in chat with a reimagining …
Instagram will now inform users, just like Snapchat, when a screenshot of their private Instagram Direct message is taken
People are deeply worried that Instagram is tattling on them whenever they take a screenshot. See this inflammatory tweet as an example:
Too Different, Not Different Enough: Why Instagram Direct May Fail
My friends aren't using Instagram Direct, at least not yet. I've received just two IGD messages since it launched Thursday. In the meantime, over 20 close friends I regularly message with elsewhere ...
Instagram senders can delete their messages from recipients' phones
The Instagram Direct interface, which allows you to share photos directly to a subset of those you follow, rather than to all your followers. — The surface read of Instagram's announcement of a mess...
Introducing Instagram Direct
Today, we're excited to bring you Instagram Direct, a new way to send photo and video messages to friends. Over the past three years, the Instagram community has grown to over 150 million people capt...