This looks as if not a giant deal, however then once more…
Right now, Messenger has confirmed that it’s adding Notes, which is just about the identical as Instagram’s inbox Notes feature, enabling you to submit text-based prompts that your entire Messenger contacts can then see within the app, which may spark extra dialog and interplay alternatives.
So now, along with your Tales showing inside that row of profile bubbles alongside the highest of your Messenger inbox, customers may also be capable to add textual content notes, which they will then reply to within the app.
Which, as famous, looks as if it’s most likely not going to be a game-changer of any kind. However then once more, Notes has been one thing of a shock hit on IG, particularly amongst youthful customers, with Meta reporting again in June that over 100 million teens had shared a Note in the preceding three months, whereas teenagers are additionally creating Notes at 10x the speed of non-teen customers.
The latter level being the actual driver for Meta.
Lately, each Fb and Instagram have been losing relevance with younger audiences, so if there’s any new characteristic that even seems to be prefer it may be catching on with this cohort, Meta will likely be seeking to double down on that, within the hopes of holding extra individuals posting to its apps, versus drifting off to Snapchat or TikTok as an alternative.
So whereas it is probably not a giant deal to older audiences, it could possibly be related for children. And if not, it looks as if a comparatively low-cost check, which can present one other connection possibility within the app, with out a heap of dev time.
Messenger’s Notes characteristic is extra restricted than IG’s, in which you can’t add music, GIFs, videos, and many others. Messenger Notes will, nonetheless, be displayed for twenty-four hours in-stream, offering a fast immediate (60 characters max) to get individuals speaking, and it could possibly be particularly useful for random catch-ups if you head residence for the vacations, offering a straightforward option to ship a name out to your entire contacts.
Enterprise Pages can’t, nonetheless, submit Notes at current.
Which is sensible, as that might instantly flood your feed with promos from each account that you just’ve ever DM’ed with. However it’s a limitation value noting with the brand new possibility.
