Some users are seeing prompts to connect their Facebook Messenger accounts from inside the Instagram app.
We knew it was coming back in January 2019, and now it looks as though the changes are finally going public: Facebook has started inviting users to connect their Facebook Messenger and Instagram chat accounts together. As spotted by The Verge, some people are seeing a message inside Instagram on Android and iOS advertising «a new way to message» – that new way being to chat directly with contacts on Facebook as well as Instagram. Accept the upgrade, and the direct message icon in Instagram changes from the usual paper airplane symbol to a Facebook Messenger symbol.
