Instagram Users to Gain Control Over Read Receipts in DMs

In a recent announcement, Mark Zuckerberg shared that Instagram is currently in the testing phase of a new feature that will grant users the ability to disable read receipts in Direct Messages (DMs). The report, as mentioned by The Verge, doesn't offer a specific timeline for when this feature will become accessible to all users, but Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, gave a glimpse of the forthcoming read receipt toggle on his broadcast channel.

A parallel feature is already in place on WhatsApp, a messaging platform owned by Meta, which enables users to keep their message reading activities private by turning off read receipts.

Interestingly, neither Zuckerberg nor Mosseri mentioned whether this option will be extended to Messenger, which currently enforces the use of read receipts without any means to opt out.