Facebook begins connecting Messenger and Instagram chats together
Accept the upgrade, and the direct message icon in Instagram changes from the usual paper airplane symbol to a Facebook Messenger symbol.
Facebook hasn't said anything about the latest update, so it's not clear how many users have the option to start this process yet. However, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously gone on record saying that he wants to bring all the messaging apps that his company runs working together.
The new prompt showing up in Instagram does indeed give you the option to decide to connect it to Facebook Messenger or not.
From the official statements we've heard so far, it doesn't sound as though Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook will all use one single messaging system but rather that all three messaging systems will be able to communicate with each other.
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