Observed Signal · Sep 1, 2025 · Technical Release · Source: OnlineMarketing.de · Impact: 4/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Instagram upgrades DM Inbox to a Power Tool
Instagram is rolling out new Inbox features to make Direct Messages more actionable for creators, brands, and community teams. The update adds filters, folders, and shortcuts, enabling users to prioritize important contacts and manage messages more efficiently. Filters include unread DMs, Story Replies, and messages from verified accounts, while new folders help structure conversations and shortcuts speed up access to commonly used filters. Rollout is in waves, beginning with larger accounts and expanding over time to others. Instagram notes that private chats are increasingly where interactions occur, a trend highlighted by Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri and industry observers. Availability is limited to Professional Accounts and personal accounts with more than 100,000 followers, signaling a shift in the Inbox toward a strategic collaboration tool for influencer marketing and community management.
Technical release on a major platform (Instagram) affecting DM workflow and creator/community management.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Instagram rolled out new Inbox features: filters, folders, and shortcuts.
- Users can filter messages by unread DMs, Story Replies, or messages from verified accounts.
- New folders structure messages; shortcuts enable quick access to frequent filters.
- Updates are available to Professional Accounts and personal accounts with more than 100,000 followers; rollout in waves.
- The update positions the Inbox as a power tool for creators, brands and community teams.
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At a Google Cloud event on Thursday, Google announced it is bringing agentic AI to its Gemini assistant, launching a unified agent that can autonomously plan and execute tasks on behalf of users. Aimed initially at businesses, the agent can connect to internal systems and external tools, use custom skills, and even choose from third-party models like Anthropic's Claude. It will have its own Workspace account with an email address, and will write its own audit trail. Early testers include On, Shopify, and PayPal. Gemini has over 1 billion monthly active users, and nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies use Gemini Enterprise.
AWNY, Jupiter Fest Spotlight Agentic Ads and Open Web
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Spotify launches enterprise software site technology.spotify.com
Spotify has formally launched technology.spotify.com, a new website to make its internal developer tools and platforms available to external companies. The company has been offering such products since 2020, including the open-source Backstage developer portal framework, the Confidence experimentation platform (since 2023), the Portal software development platform (since 2024), and Xirp, a tool for managing AI coding agents. Spotify's SVP of Technology & Platform, Tyson Singer, addressed questions about the move, explaining that the company's internal infrastructure supports 777 million monthly active users and that these tools are agent-ready. The company has not disclosed revenue from these enterprise sales, but the new site formalizes its push into the enterprise market. Pricing is not listed; interested companies must contact sales.
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