Instagram spruced up its DM features on Monday. You can now share your live location with friends, handy for meetups at concerts or other crowded places. The social platform also now lets you add nicknames in one-on-one or group chats,

Instagram today announced several updates for direct messages on its platform, including location sharing, nicknames, new sticker packs, and more.

Instagram is adding one of Snapchat's best features so you can share your live location via DM. The social media site, owned by Meta, explained in a blog post on Monday how the new feature works. Also: You'll be able to reset your Instagram algorithm soon - here's how Location sharing is off by default.

Instagram is rolling out a new feature that lets users share their live location with friends and family via direct messages (DMs), among other upgrades.

Instagram has introduced a handful of updates aimed at enhancing direct messages, making it easier and more engaging for users to connect with friends.

Headlining the updates today (Nov 26) is the ability for users to share their live location via DMs. According to a Newsroom post, Instagram states you can share your location "privately" in one-on-one and group chat DM threads. The platform states your shared location in a chat will "disappear after one hour."

Instagram is introducing the ability for users to share their locations with their friends via DMs, the company announced on Monday.

Instagram keeps experimenting with new features to give the best to its users and sometimes it also borrows features from another Meta-owned platform, i.e., WhatsApp. Instagram seems to have done it again by borrowing a feature that many of us might be using on WhatsApp often.

Instagram said on Monday that it will allow users to disclose their whereabouts with their friends through direct messages, or DMs. This feature suggests

Location sharing comes to Instagram DMs, which means you can easily share your live location with your friends.

Instagram is adding a new location sharing feature which will allow users to share their live location for 1 hour or even pin their location on the map.