Did you know you can now use cool new effects for your Instagram direct messages? With a recent software update, Facebook merged Messenger with Instagram DM, and since then, the latter has gained some cool new features, such as the ability to set custom chat colors, disappear mode, custom emoji reactions, and more. In this article, we’ll introduce you to one of the new features brought about by the merger.
Instagram DM: Add effects to messages
Now you can add effects to your Instagram direct messages every time you reply to someone or send someone a new message. Please follow the steps below.
- First, make sure you have the latest version of Instagram installed on your phone.
- Open any chat on Instagram and enter a message.
- Click magnifier Next to the text input field on the left.
- You will now see four new effects to choose from.
- Click and select The one you like, that’s all.
- Doing this will send a message along with a special effect.
In addition to this, you can also save messages to use as quick replies. To do this, follow the steps below.
- To save a sent message, Long press and click save.
- You will be asked to specify a shortcut, enter it and click save.
- To save received messages, Long press on it > click more > Click save. Assign it a shortcut command and that’s it.
- Now, whenever you want to send a quick reply, just use the shortcut instead of typing the complete phrase.
You can make the most of Instagram DMs by adding cool effects and saving quick replies.
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