Instagram announces some new features for the social platform, including the ability to share text messages of up to 60 characters. Joint profiles are also coming to Meta’s medium.
Users can first choose who will receive the Note via the Direct Messages inbox. This can only be users who also follow the sender back or people who are marked as Close Friends. Then a message can be created of up to 60 characters, including regular text and emojis. The message then appears at the top of recipients’ inboxes and remains available for 24 hours. Any responses to such Notes will appear as DMs in the sender’s inbox. The new Notes feature should be rolled out to all users starting today.
Furthermore, Meta is announcing a feature called Group Profiles. Users can create a joint profile as a kind of separate Instagram page. If members of such a profile share something with this account, the content will only be displayed to members of the Group Profile, not to the sender’s other followers. This feature should be rolled out “soon”.