Yup, Facebook and Instagram will combine their chat services and features into one system!

Today we're sharing an update to @instagram DMs that will bring the best of @Messenger to the app. You'll soon be able to communicate across apps with features like watch together, selfie stickers, vanish mode, emoji reactions and more. https://t.co/QOBnvuL8sP pic.twitter.com/i6QGGJyK1p

— Facebook (@Facebook) September 30, 2020

The chat service merge between the two of the world’s biggest social media platforms was announced last year as a first step of the company’s goal published in a note by Facebook executive Mark Zuckerberg.

Messenger and Instagram’s direct messaging services will be integrated into one system. It will allow users to send chats, photos, and videos between the two platforms for the first time.

Instagram is getting a major overhaul of its DM system, which will be expanded with features taken from Messenger. Its messaging tools will include vanishing messages, selfie stickers, custom emoji, chat colors, new ways to block unwanted messages, and the introduction of Messenger’s Watch Together feature, which lets you watch videos with friends during a video call.

 “We’re connecting the Messenger and Instagram experience to bring some of the best Messenger features to Instagram,” Facebook’s Adam Mosseri and Stan Chudnovsky, the heads of Instagram and Messenger respectively, said in a statement in an article published by The Guardian. “People on Instagram can decide whether to update immediately to this new experience.”

In an announcement posted on Instagram, the executives write: “In our research, four out of five people who use messaging apps in the US say that spending more time connecting with friends and family on these apps is important to them, yet one out of three people sometimes find it difficult to remember where to find a certain conversation thread. With this update, it will be even easier to stay connected without thinking about which app to use to reach your friends and family.”

The said move was seen as a notable approach to a lot of users who prefer communication online than ever before. As of today, there’s no official announcement for the worldwide release of the update.

Let’s all wait and see how it looks!