Instagram tips, tricks: How to send silent messages; check step-by-step guide

Instagram update: The popular photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram recently added is the ‘Silent messages’ feature. The app lets users send silent/muted messages to anyone in the DMs of Instagram.

To send silent messages on Instagram, update the app to the latest version. At the time of writing this article, Instagram’s latest version on Android is version 238.0.0.0.35. On iOS, the latest version is 236.1. 

To send Silent Messages on Instagram - check step-by-step guide

- Open Instagram on your phone.

- Click on the DM button on the top right.

-  Open a chat.

- Now, to send your messages silently, type “@silent” and then type whatever you want (For example – @silent <space> <message>).

- Click on the send button.

Using this feature, you can send your messages silently on Instagram, meaning that the other person won’t get any notification sound of your message.

In related news, Instagram has been adding several such features to its app lately. The Meta-owned app also received Facebook Avatar support recently. Users who set up Avatars on the Facebook app can use Avatar stickers in Instagram DMs. 

The Avatar stickers can also be used to send reactions to stories. In addition to this, the app also has a unique feature to react to reels and videos together on a video call. Polls, 30-second songs, reply while you browse are among the other features of Instagram.