Instagram is testing a standalone app for private messages called Direct, a first step toward possibly toward removing messaging features from the core app. Direct, which opens to the camera in ...

The coolest thing about Direct is that it's so easy to transition from Instagram to Direct. When you're on Instagram, you can swipe right to reveal the Direct logo, and if you continue swiping ...

The Instagram Direct design on the web that the company is currently testing is very similar to the in-app experience. In the upper-right corner, you’ll find the Instagram Direct icon.

A screen displays the Instagram logo during a presentation by co-founder Kevin Systrom as he announces the launch of a new direct image messaging service named Instagram Direct in New York on ...

Instagram Direct was the service’s attempt to compete head-on with Snapchat. Direct was Snapchat-esque in style, launching directly into the camera interface with a slew of filters and animations.

People think Instagram made its logo obnoxiously brighter.. You may have noticed that your Instagram icon has been updated. While the design and colors are the same, people on social media are ...

About 85 million people use Direct each month — less than one third of Instagram’s 300 million-strong user base. That’s likely a result of Direct’s isolation from the rest of the app.

Installing the Direct app will remove the inbox feature from Instagram, The Verge reports. “We want Instagram to be a place for all of your moments, and private sharing with close friends is an ...

Instagram has now made it possible for all users to direct message on desktop computers and web browsers after first testing out the feature in January. Direct Messages have long been a feature ...

Instagram has announced a new private messaging feature called Instagram Direct, which will allow users to send a photo or video privately to up to fifteen followers. "Sometimes you want to be ...

Watch out Snapchat. Instagram's coming for you. At a press conference in New York City Thursday morning, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom introduced a new feature called Instagram Direct, which ...

Designers built what might be the niftiest app transition I’ve ever seen: If you start swiping to the right of the Direct inbox, an Instagram logo pops begins to peak out from the side of the ...