Gadgetory

mmm hey this is Jake with the verge and today we're taking a look at the Instagram direct the next time you open up Instagram there'll be an inbox in the top right corner of the app opening up the inbox will take you to a view of all the messages that you've sent and all the messages that you've received it's not a series of back and forth messages though every message consists of a single picture a single video and then we'll place to chat beneath it you'll be able to keep sending messages back and forth inside of a single thread but you won't be able to send any photos back if you want to send a new photo you have start a brand new thread in that way it's a lot more likely commenting on a single Instagram photo rather than sending photos back and forth you'll have a search out old photos that you sent very easily I chose to scroll through the entire inbox of everything that you've ever sent fortunately something's a little ugly the way but hide it and if you regret sending something out you'll be able to delete it and it'll instantly vanish from whoever you sent it to you'll be able to send a photo by clicking the plus button at the top of the Instagram inbox or by just going to its normal camera menu once you take a picture you'll then get to choose between followers or sending it directly to one of your friends you can choose up to 15 different people to send it to you and once you send it off it'll tell you just how long it's been before they seen it Instagram direct is otherwise pretty simple it's just a way to send a single photo and then talk about it with your friends it's basically a little private area of Instagram rather than an explicit way to send messaging back and forth you'll be able to get his tram direct right now by downloading it on iOS and Android