New Ways to Stay Close to Your Crew in IG DMs

People use Instagram DMs all over the world to stay connected with friends and family daily. We’re introducing message translations, new ways to share music, scheduled messages, pinned content and group chat QR codes to make it even easier to connect with people over DMs.

Staying connected with friends and family around the world just got easier. With Instagram’s new message translation feature, you can effortlessly communicate around the globe without worrying about a language barrier.

Whether you’re catching up with your cousins in Korea or your BFF abroad in Spain – you can translate their messages directly within your DMs, helping you stay close to your loved ones even when you’re apart.

To translate a message in your chat, hold down on the message sent or received in another language and tap “Translate”. The translated message will then appear below the original message in your conversation.

To learn more about message translations in DMs, visit the Help Center.

Sharing your current music obsessions with friends just got even easier in DMs. Whether you and your best friend are on a JENNIE kick and can’t wait for ‘ExtraL (feat Doechii)’ to come out, or you’ve stumbled upon a new track that you know your group chat will love, you can easily share music without leaving your 1:1 or group chats.

To share a song, open the sticker tray in your chat and tap on the ‘Music’ option to search for any song in the Instagram audio library. Tap on the track to send a 30-second preview of the song featuring a spinning vinyl of the album.

To learn how to access music stickers, visit the Help Center.

You can now schedule text messages in DMs – perfect for those special occasions like when you want to be the first to wish your friend a “Happy Birthday!” at precisely 12:01 AM, without having to stay up late.

You can also schedule reminders to stay on top of daily tasks. For example, remind your study buddy to bring their part of the project to school, so it’s the first thing they see in the morning.

To schedule a message, type your text message and hold down on the send button. Select the date and time that your message will be sent, and then tap on the “Send” button to finish scheduling it. For more information on scheduled messages, visit the Help Center.

Last year, we introduced the ability to pin up to three chat threads in your DM inbox, making it easier to find important conversations. Now, you can pin specific messages to the top of any 1:1 or group chat to make it even easier to coordinate, connect with your friends, or revisit that one meme that makes you LOL every time.

To pin a message, image, meme, or Reel to the top of your chat, hold down on the message and tap on “pin”. If you want to unpin a message, hold down on the message you’d like to unpin and tap on “unpin”. You can pin up to three messages per conversation. To learn more about pinned messages, visit the Help Center.

Adding friends to your group chat has never been easier. You can now share a personalized QR for each of your group chats.

So the next time you’re at soccer practice and meet new members of the team, instead of searching for and adding each person, you can show them a QR code for them to scan to join your specific group chat. When they scan this code, they’ll instantly gain access to the chat.

Whether you’re planning a study session with classmates or organising a team event, this new feature can help you stay connected effortlessly.

If you ever need to refresh the QR code, the admin of the group chat can do so at any time, giving your group chat control over who can join the chat.

To make a QR code invite in your DM, open the group chat you’d like to invite others to and tap on the group name at the top. Tap on the invite link, then tap on QR code to view the QR code invite. Share the QR code with friends when you’re together IRL, via DM, or save it to the camera roll.