Social media commentator Matt Navarra was the first to break the news which has since been confirmed by Instagram.
The Facebook-owned social media company first launched direct messaging in its main app in 2013 but experimented with moving the feature over to its own app in December 2017. It was available across several markets on both Android and iOS although for whatever reason, Instagram never really seemed all that interested in promoting the app. Heck, it never even shed its beta status.
