Facebook-owned Instagram announced on Friday that it’s rolling out access to DMs on the web to everyone globally. The company has been testing web DMs with a small group of users since January this year.
“Sliding into your DMs. Now you can get and send Instagram Direct messages on desktop, no matter where you are in the world,” the company posted on Twitter on Friday.
Since the test began, Instagram made small updates to more closely mimic DMs on the app, like including the emoji keyboard and adding a gallery view to photos and videos, reports The Verge.
Web DMs are convenient for those who use Instagram all the time, like journalists, social media influencers and managers.
DMs on the web browser can be seen in the top-right corner of the website. You can also go directly to your inbox from this link. It can be initiated via other users’ profiles by tapping on the message icon. Desktop notifications can also be activated for Instagram Direct DMs.