Facebook is trying to lure Instagram users to Messenger

The world's largest social networking platform, Facebook, is trying to attract Instagram users to their contacts on the Messenger platform. The social networking giant is clearly trying to bridge the gap between its services and Instagram by offering the latest feature, Users can sync their Instagram contacts directly with Messenger.

This initiative is part of Facebook's increasing efforts to link all of its services to Instagram, and the company is testing a new feature in the photo sharing platform that allows public accounts to remove subscribers from the list of subscribers. Test, which allows users to interact with Instagram stories in a way very similar to the way they interact with Facebook posts.

The new feature is an additional option for the previously available option to synchronize phone contacts with Messenger, and the platform has confirmed the public offering, so the ability to synchronize contacts is the only option available. next step after the December test. Instagram to Messenger.

This feature can be used via the "Connect Instagram" option under the "Contacts" tab of Messenger, which is next to the "All Contacts" option on your smartphone with the platform. , And you can not undo this by pressing this button, and since the feature rollout is progressive for all users, it may take a while for you to see it.

Once you have synchronized your Instagram account with Facebook Messenger, the app automatically adds contacts from Instagram, and your Instagram user name becomes visible to other Messenger users but not everyone is surprised by this feature. Twitter users said that it was not clear that clicking on "Connect Instagram" meant that Messenger would automatically add your Instagram contacts.

In December 2017, the platform tested a very similar option to synchronize an Instagram contact with a Messenger, but did not provide it to the public, the option then disappeared, and this n & # 39; Is not the first time Facebook adds operations. The merger of its applications allows companies to access a unified mailbox in 2016 for conversations via its various platforms, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.

Over the past year, I've also been testing the apps notifications feature, and there is an option to run Facebook via Instagram itself, through an icon on your profile page Instagram. Has become a common messaging service among users via the Direct application.

The number of direct subscribers has reached 375 million, which prompted the platform to provide this service via a separate application launched last year in several countries and with many users who are now communicating via Facebook's Instagram platform. It is clear that the company wants to take advantage of this activity to develop its messaging application.