Instagram is Testing Direct Message (DM) Feature on its Web Platform
Something like WhatsApp Web, Instagram Direct on web will also be available on desktop.
At the moment DM feature is locked into Instagram mobile app for Android and iOS. According to Wong, the test feature of direct message icon on the web view. Which would be enabled users to view and respond to them.
Instagram Direct is already used by around half of the platform's active users, while messaging usage, in general, is now growing faster than social platform engagement.Instagram is testing Direct on Web pic.twitter.com/bpdY9bep24— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 12, 2019
Instagram confirms to TechCrunch it’s not publicly testing this, which is its go-to line when a product surfaces that’s still in internal development. Meanwhile, Wong notes that Instagram has now cut off her access to the web Direct feature.