Instagram, Facebook Messenger Gets A Slew Of Features Including BTS Chat Theme

New Delhi: Facebook announced a slew of features for its messenger app and Instagram. During this big announcement, Instagram said that features like Watch Together, vanish mode, and chat themes will be added to Instagram direct messages and Facebook Messenger both, and now these features have been made available (one is rolling out gradually) on the two platforms.

Watch Together, as the name suggests, lets you watch trending videos with friends. Vanish mode enables you to set messages to automatically disappear after a certain time.

In a blog post, Facebook confirms that the ‘Watch Together’ feature is now available in Instagram direct messages and in Messenger as well. To use this feature, users will have to start a video chat on Instagram or Messenger. The ‘Watch Together’ option should be available in the menu option once the video chat starts. Facebook claims that it has added two shows – “Post Malone’s Celebrity World Pong League” and “Here for It With Avani Gregg” – for Watch Together. Alternatively, you and your friends can also tune into IGTV, Reels, other TV shows, movies and trending videos in real-time over video chat.

Messenger users, and Instagram users who have opted for the Messenger experience, are also getting new chat themes. These include themes like tie-dye and love for better personalisation. Facebook adds, “And we’re adding a special chat theme on Messenger and Instagram with TinyTAN, a group of lovable characters created from the seven members of BTS. Once you update to the new experience, you’ll be able to activate the TinyTAN chat theme on Instagram and Messenger. Express your affection with emojis, share your favorite songs from the new album or customize your message reactions for your perfect TinyTAN-themed chat.” The new themes can be activated by going into chat settings on Instagram and Messenger.

The third feature that was announced by Facebook is the Vanish Mode feature. Vanish Mode is similar to WhatsApp’s Disappearing Message feature. If you turn the feature on the message will disappear after a fixed period of time.