Instagram shutting down its Direct app in the coming month

Instagram Direct will be shut down in the coming month and the conversations will be automatically moved to the Direct tab within the Instagram app. The app opens to the camera a way similar to Snapchat and the app offers Snapchat-styled filters as well.

Instagram is officially shutting down its stand-alone Direct app that it launched as a test in six countries in December 2017. Social media commentator Matt Navarra posted on Twitter screenshots from the Direct app with a message that says it will no longer be supported.

Instagram Direct will be shut down in the coming month and the conversations will be automatically moved to the Direct tab within the Instagram app. “In the coming month, we’ll no longer be supporting the Direct app. Your conversations will automatically move over to Instagram so you don’t need to do anything,” the notification reads.

Instagram Direct opens to the camera a way similar to Snapchat and the app offers Snapchat-styled filters as well. Direct app, which is available for Android and iOS was among the company’s initial attempts to bring Snapchat-like features on its platform. Now, of course, it has borrowed several features from Snapchat, out of which Stories is the most popular.