Fireworks, explosions, two champagne glasses and party horns: Anyone who writes some generic messages or uses some emojis to their friends and acquaintances on January 1, 2025 is in for a surprise – writes Instagram. A photo service with a chat function doesn’t tell you what actually happens. This is one of the newly introduced leisure facilities. Their purpose is to help share the most beautiful moments of the year with friends. However, the functions will disappear again early next year. There will be a timer for direct messages.
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In a press release, Meta talks about Easter eggs, that is, special features hidden in the service. In addition to surprises, there is a collage for stories in which you can share the best moments of 2024. An “end of year photo dump.”
Mariah Carey hits DM
At the end of the year there will also be five new templates for “Now Your Turn”, which is a function or task that you can integrate. You complete the “Now Your Turn” task yourself, friends can also join in and do it and share it, thus encouraging others to do the same. It’s not yet clear what the new templates will actually look like.
Also with New Year’s Eve in mind, there will be new seasonal fonts and a countdown text module that can be used in Stories, Reels, and the feed. Private chat can be changed to various leisure modes. To do this, select individual direct messages and click on the user above. A menu appears with settings for the chat, including “Design.” Behind them are style templates that have currently been expanded to include Christmas motifs. If you don’t want to get rid of your catchy tune, for example, you can choose Mariah Carey as your wallpaper. But there is also a cartoon snow picture and purple fireworks for the New Year.
It’s initially unclear what’s behind a “custom like” when liking friends’ New Year’s Eve stories.
Timer: Direct messages can be timed
Instagram will also have a new function for scheduling direct messages, TechCrunch reports. This option is not related to celebrations and should remain permanent. It will soon be available to everyone around the world.
Such a message planner is especially practical for companies and creators, who can keep their followers happy without needing to reach for their smartphones. But private individuals can also use this function, for example to remind someone of something on a specific date.
If you want to set the time of a message, you can do so by long pressing the send button. This function is not available to everyone yet. According to TechCrunch You can choose up to 29 days in the future.
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