Instagram has a new feature on its mobile app. With the new feature, users can see the online status for people that they been conversing with on Direct (direct messages). Interestingly, the feature works even if the person is not following your account. The new Active on Instagram that is similar to 'Last Seen' on WhatsApp and 'Active at' on Facebook Messenger. It can be accessed by going into the Instagram Direct messages section of the app. It shows the last time stamp when the user was online on the app; it has options like 'Active now', 'Active today', 'Active 1h ago', 'Active 24m ago' etc. To change the visibility of your Active status, users will need to go to Settings via the three-dot menu in the app, and toggle the Show Activity Status feature.

Instagram has a new feature on its mobile app. With the new feature, users can see the online status for people that they been conversing with on Direct (direct messages). Interestingly, the feature works even if the person is not following your account. The new Active on Instagram that is similar to 'Last Seen' on WhatsApp and 'Active at' on Facebook Messenger. It can be accessed by going into the Instagram Direct messages section of the app. It shows the last time stamp when the user was online on the app; it has options like 'Active now', 'Active today', 'Active 1h ago', 'Active 24m ago' etc. To change the visibility of your Active status, users will need to go to Settings via the three-dot menu in the app, and toggle the Show Activity Status feature.