Instagram is including some new options right this moment, together with help for sharing your stay location over DM “in choose international locations” (that are not named). This works for as much as one hour at a time. You may as well pin a spot on the map, for instance to coordinate arrival to a selected place.
Reside location can solely be shared privately in DMs, both in a 1:1 or group chat. It’s in fact off by default. Solely these within the chats you shared it to can see your stay location, and so they cannot ahead your location to different chats. To make sure you do not forget you are sharing your stay location, there can be an indicator on the prime of the chat, and you may cease sharing at any time, even earlier than the hour is up.
There are additionally 17 new sticker packs and over 300 new stickers out there to share in your DMs, for when phrases “simply aren’t sufficient”, Instagram says. You may favourite a sticker out of your chat so you’ll be able to re-use stickers shared by these you speak to.
Lastly, names throughout DMs will be personalized – you’ll be able to add a nickname for your self and associates. These nicknames solely seem in your DM chats, and will not change your username wherever else.
You may change your nickname at any time, and you may resolve who can change your nickname inside a chat. That is set to individuals you observe by default, however you’ll be able to have it so you’re the just one with the ability to vary your nickname.
