 Hey, this is Jake with The Verge, and today we're taking a look at Instagram Direct. The next time you open up Instagram, there'll be an inbox in the top right corner of the app. Opening up the inbox will take you to a view of all the messages that you've sent and all the messages that you've received. It's not a series of back and forth messages, though. Every message consists of a single picture, a single video, and then a place to chat beneath it. You'll be able to keep sending messages back and forth inside of a single thread, but you won't be able to send any photos back. If you want to send a new photo, you have to start a brand new thread. In that way, it's a lot more likely commenting on a single Instagram photo rather than sending photos back and forth. You'll be able to search out old photos that you've sent very easily, as you'll have to scroll through the entire inbox of everything that you've ever sent. Fortunately, if something's a little ugly, you'll be able to hide it, and if you regret sending something out, you'll be able to delete it, and it'll instantly vanish from whoever you sent it to. You'll be able to send a photo by clicking the plus button at the top of the Instagram inbox or by just going to its normal camera menu. Once you take a picture, you'll then get to choose between followers or sending it directly to one of your friends. You can choose up to 15 different people to send it to, and once you send it off, it'll tell you just how long it's been before they've seen it. Instagram Direct is otherwise pretty simple. It's just a way to send a single photo and then talk about it with your friends. It's basically a little private area of Instagram rather than an explicit way to send messaging back and forth. You'll be able to get Instagram Direct right now by downloading it on iOS and Android.
 Hey, this is Jake with The Verge, and today we're taking a look at Instagram Direct.
 The next time you open up Instagram, there'll be an inbox in the top right corner of the
 app.
 Opening up the inbox will take you to a view of all the messages that you've sent and all
 the messages that you've received.
 It's not a series of back and forth messages, though.
 Every message consists of a single picture, a single video, and then a place to chat beneath
 it.
 You'll be able to keep sending messages back and forth inside of a single thread, but you
 won't be able to send any photos back.
 If you want to send a new photo, you have to start a brand new thread.
 In that way, it's a lot more likely commenting on a single Instagram photo rather than sending
 photos back and forth.
 You'll be able to search out old photos that you've sent very easily, as you'll have to
 scroll through the entire inbox of everything that you've ever sent.
 Fortunately, if something's a little ugly, you'll be able to hide it, and if you regret
 sending something out, you'll be able to delete it, and it'll instantly vanish from whoever
 you sent it to.
 You'll be able to send a photo by clicking the plus button at the top of the Instagram
 inbox or by just going to its normal camera menu.
 Once you take a picture, you'll then get to choose between followers or sending it directly
 to one of your friends.
 You can choose up to 15 different people to send it to, and once you send it off, it'll
 tell you just how long it's been before they've seen it.
 Instagram Direct is otherwise pretty simple.
 It's just a way to send a single photo and then talk about it with your friends.
 It's basically a little private area of Instagram rather than an explicit way to send messaging
 back and forth.
 You'll be able to get Instagram Direct right now by downloading it on iOS and Android.