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Instagram DMs add live location sharing and nicknames

three instagram screenshots: grid of stickers, nickname “queen,” and a chat showing the location of the sender.
Instagram added new stickers and is letting you give friends nicknames and your location. | Image: Instagram

Instagram is adding the ability to share your live location with friends in your DMs for up to one hour at a time so you can find each other when arriving at concerts, outings, and other gatherings. The feature works within Instagram’s direct messages, which also gets a few other new features, including sticker packs and nicknames.

Instagram says you can share your location privately with others through DMs, either one-to-one or within group chats, and the feature is off by default. It’s similar to the location-sharing features in Snapchat’s SnapMap, which includes the ability to share pictures with friends on a map. For now, these features are only available in “select countries” (Instagram does not list where.)

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