Facebook is adding tighter integrations between Instagram and Messenger as part of the company’s years-long goal to rebuild its core services around encryption and privacy. The social media giant said Wednesday that it will begin rolling out new functionality that more tightly connects Instagram and Messenger.
The most notable change is that communications on the Messenger app can now be sent to a person on Instagram, without the sender actually needing to download the Instagram app, and vice versa. Users can control where they receive messages and calls, whether that’s through chats, message requests or not at all.
