Instagram DMs have a brand new location-sharing characteristic

Instagram spruced up its DM options on Monday. Now you can share your dwell location with pals, helpful for meetups at concert events or different crowded locations. The social platform additionally now enables you to add nicknames in one-on-one or group chats, and there are over 300 new stickers to share in DMs.

You may activate the brand new location-sharing characteristic for as much as one hour. It solely shows to individuals in your personal DMs (one-on-one or group), and areas can’t be forwarded to anybody outdoors the designated chat. The characteristic is off by default, and also you’ll see a “You’re sharing your location” indicator on the high of each message thread the place you allow it. You can even cease sharing it manually anytime.

Nicknames allow you to add aliases for your self or pals inside DMs. “Share an inside joke with a nickname, or simplify prolonged usernames so your pals are simpler to acknowledge,” Instagram’s announcement blog post suggests.

The nicknames solely seem in your DMs, not wherever else on the platform. You may decide or swap out your nickname anytime and select which pals in a chat have permission to vary yours. To create a moniker, faucet on the chat title on the high of your dialog, choose “Nicknames” and select the username you need to change.

Lastly, Instagram added 17 new sticker packs for DMs, making over 300 new ones accessible. You may favourite the stickers you want, together with these your pals share.