Facebook will now let you make group chats across Instagram and Messenger
October 10, 2021
Cross-app group chats between Instagram and Messenger
Facebook will now let you start cross-app group chats between Messenger and Instagram, the company announced Thursday. The update is a big step forward in Facebook’s ambitions to make its apps work better with each other. To be able to use the cross-app communications, you’ll have to opt in, and Facebook says that “over 70% of eligible people on Instagram have updated to the new Messenger experience.” In addition to cross-app group messaging, the business is adding new features to the messaging apps. Polls will be available in Instagram group DMs and cross-app chats, allowing you to vote on where to grab lunch, for example. Messenger now supports group typing indicators, so you can see when numerous people are composing a message. (From Facebook's blog post, it's unclear whether group typing indicators are coming to Instagram as well, but I've contacted the company to clarify.) You may now view videos from your Instagram feed with your friends using Facebook's Watch Together feature. Facebook is also adding new chat themes to Messenger, including a “cottagecore” theme, one inspired by J Balvin’s latest album, and an astrology theme.
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