With these new updates, Instagram seeks to improve the user experience on the social network.
Social networks are the central means of communication in the world, from children and young people to adults and adults. Within them, instagram is one of the ones that stands out the most, mainly because of its own style that consists only of photographs, but also because it always adds new details and features for users to experience.
In that sense, the application of Goal has added several features that surprised users. These serve both to increase security and communication between people and to generate a more entertaining experience when using the social network.
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The new Instagram updates
Among the new Instagram updates, three main ones stand out that can be seen in the message box.
Real time location
Instagram announced a new feature to improve user security and coordination. It is an old acquaintance, especially for those who also use WhatsApp. The real time location comes to Instagram so people can organize and find each other more easily.
Unlike WhatsApp, where you can share your location for intervals of 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours, Instagram limits this option to a maximum of 59 minutes. To activate real-time location you must follow these steps:
- Open Instagram on your cell phone.
- Enter direct messages and select the chat where you want to share the location.
- Tap the plus sign (+) and choose “Location.”
- Confirm that the location is correct or search for a specific address.
- Select “Share your location.”
Nicknames in chats
The social network announced a new function that allows you to add a nickname to your user or your friends to make talking to them more fun.
“Share an inside joke with a nickname to make your friends smile or simplify long usernames to make them easier to recognize. Nicknames only appear in your direct message chats and will not change your username anywhere else on IG“, they explained from the Instagram press.
To activate it, you have to go to a chat and tap at the top of the screen where the name of the user or group you are talking to is. There, within the tools there is one called “Nicknames”, where if you tap, you can add a nickname to both the group and yourself.
More stickers
Instagram added a total of 17 new sticker packs and more than 300 new stickers to share in your direct messages and give them a unique touch. Additionally, you can mark a sticker from your chat as a favorite so you can reuse the stickers that your friends have shared with you or those that you have created with cutouts.
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