With the holiday season fast approaching, Meta has announced some new connection tools on Instagram, which are designed to lean into engagement trends, and get people sharing more of their personal interactions in the app.
First up, is Notes, a new conversation-prompting option which will sit just above your messages in your inbox, and highlights chat prompts from your connections.
As you can see in this screenshot, Notes appear like Stories in your inbox, with your connections able to pose a question to spark a chat.
As explained by Meta:
