Instagram Confirmed arrival channels Social networking as a new form of interaction between users and content creators, with a more direct relationship in a specific chat.

“New Chat Stream Feature. I’m starting this channel to share news and updates about all the products and technologies we’re building at Meta. This will be the place where I will share news about Meta products for the first time,” he said. Mark Zuckerberg In the first message of his channel.

The company’s CEO announced that they hope to bring the tool to other company apps “in the coming months,” such as Messenger and Facebook.

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What are channels and how do they work?

This is a feature known in other social networks in which a group is created to log in and share content. However, only the admin will be the one to send messages, and other users will only be able to respond with emoji.

In case Instagram It was announced that content creators will be able to share text, images, polls, reactions and more across channels, and that collaborations with special appearances, AMAs (ask questions) and more will be allowed “soon”.

At the moment, only a limited number of content creators can access this tool, however any user now has the option to join a channel of their choice, such as Zuckerberg Lcalled meta channel, Where you upload posts about company news.

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How to access Instagram channels

The feature is now available for all users to access their desired channel, the way to access one is simple and the only condition to enter is to follow this profile. These are the steps to follow:

1. Open the profile of the content creator.

2. Find the button with the name of the channel in the account description.

3. Click ‘Connect’.

Already within this new feature, the possibilities for users are limited. You can only react with emoji and answer polls. While there are other buttons to share a channel link, search for something in posts, mute messages, and report the content or creator based on the various criteria set there.

Once you’ve logged into one of these spaces, you can find it in the Notifications section, where you’ll find a Feeds tab. A list of everything we are in will appear, very similar to a list of chats.

Instagram, among the most downloaded applications

According to the report, the four apps that had the most downloads after the two already mentioned are Facebook and WhatsAppWhat followed Snapchat and Telegram. Messenger, Twitter, Pinterest and Kwai platforms complete the top 10 platforms in the world in terms of downloads.

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However, the order of applications and their preferences change during decomposition Downloads corresponds to each country’s markets Latin America. Despite the fact that Instagram is on the first place globally, in Mexico appears in the fourth position, as in Peruis in second place Argentina and ChiliMeanwhile Colombia is in third place.

Moreover, in all countries Latin America which are mentioned in the study (except brass) TikTok appears in the first place above other common ones such as WhatsApp and Facebook. in turn Twitter It appears in all countries listed between the 8th and 10th positions in each territory, except Canada, where it doesn’t even make the top 10.