Instagram adds option for schedule . Social media expert Lindsey Gamble and Instagram approved TechCrunch it distributes scheduled DMs to all users.

When you write a message, press and hold the send button and you can select the date and time. Apparently, messages can be scheduled up to 29 days in advance. You'll see a banner that reads something like "x scheduled messages" until all overdue messages have been sent.

This will come in handy for people who want to schedule birthday messages for a group of friends at once or, for example, want to remind someone to pick them up from the airport on a certain day. It will also be useful for people who tend to focus on late night correspondence and don't want everyone to know how late they stayed up. It's definitely not something I do with emails.

It should be noted that Instagram is rolling out this DM scheduling feature before all users can . For now, this feature is limited to people with it .

Meanwhile, Instagram is rolling out a few limited-time, end-of-the-year features to help you celebrate the holidays and 2024. First, there's a collage tool for Stories with an end-of-the-year theme. Based on the pictures shared by Instagram, it looks like Happy New Year may coincide.

There are many "Add Yourself" templates based on the new year, for example, templates that you can use to invite your friends to share photos in the How 2024 Begins/How 2024 Ends format. If you click the like button on End of Year Stories, you'll see a custom effect. There's also a New Year font and Countdown text effect for stories, reels and tapes.

Festive conversation topics for the holidays include New Year's, one called "cool" and, of course, another based on Mariah Carey. Last but not least, if you use certain emojis based on expressions like "Happy New Year" or "hello 2025" in celebrations or DMs or notes, you'll see some sort of Easter egg.