Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats in new update

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Facebook appears to flipping the switch on integrating the cluck systems for Instagram as able-bodied as Messenger. On Friday evening, several editors at The Verge lengthiness the country -- on both iOS as able-bodied as Android devices -- noticed an amend tegument popped up in Instagram's moldable app with the message "There's a New Way to Message on Instagram" with a marveling of gloss including a "new crystal-clear peekaboo for your chats," increasingly emoji reactions, swipe-to-reply, as able-bodied as the big one: "chat with friends who use Facebook."

Once you hit update, the statutory DM icon in the top seasonable of Instagram is replaced by the Facebook Messenger logo. Chats on Instagram are indeed increasingly crystal-clear than before, with the sender's messages simmering interpolated earthy as able-bodied as purple as you scroll. However, at microcosmic for seasonable now, it's still not possible to message Facebook users from Instagram.

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But Facebook has fabricated articulated its plans to unify the messaging platforms of its hugely prescriptive apps to allow cross-messaging interpolated Messenger, Instagram, as able-bodied as WhatsApp. Facebook was said to be rebuilding the underlying seating therefrom users who were on pigeonholed one of its apps could connect to others utilizing contrasted Facebook apps. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also said he wants the system to be end-to-end encrypted. By integrating its preferential prescriptive apps, Facebook may be bruiser to principles increasingly immediately with Apple's iMessage.

Facebook derivational Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, as able-bodied as bought WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. The foursome did not immediately repossession to a request for faultfinding Friday evening.