People on Instagram can decide whether to update immediately to this new experience. That’s why we’re connecting the Messenger and Instagram experience to bring some of the best Messenger features to Instagram – so you have access to the best messaging experience, no matter which app you use. More than a billion people already use Messenger as a place to share, hang out and express themselves with family and friends. People are communicating in private spaces now more than ever. These days, we rely on video calls to hang out with friends, send memes and GIFs to communicate what we really think (but can’t always say), and share funny photos and voice notes to stay in touch. On Facebook’s family of apps alone, people send more than 100 billion messages to their friends and family each day.

We’ve been exploring how messaging should evolve as we grow. Messaging has come a long way since we first brought it to Instagram. Today, we’re announcing an update to Instagram DMs by introducing a new Messenger experience on the app.

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