How to React to Instagram Messages with Emojis on Android

Message reactions are entertaining and provide a quick way to respond to someone’s message without having to waste time and effort writing something that may be repetitive. Emoji reactions were previously only available in Facebook comments and Facebook Messenger. However, you may now use emojis to respond to Instagram messages as well. The cool thing is that you can respond with any emoji you like. So, in this post, you’re going to learn how to react to Instagram messages with emojis on an Android phone.

In the meantime, Facebook has combined Messenger and Instagram’s DM section, making cross-platform texting easier. Similar to Messenger, the company has added new capabilities to Instagram messaging, such as personalized emoji reactions.

Furthermore, you may create a batch of emojis with the new update, which includes additional features like custom chat themes, customized stickers, vanishing mode, and more, so you can react fast to buddies in your DMs without searching through the whole library for the emojis that seem the most “you.” While the update is currently progressively rolling out in the United States, when it is ready, you will be able to long touch on a message in your DMs to show a bar of suggested emojis.

1. React to Instagram Messages with Emojis on Android

Here are the steps to react to messages on Instagram with emojis (DM) on Android:

• Open the Instagram app on your Android phone.
• Go to the chats or DMs and select any chat.
• Touch & hold the message that you want to react to.
• A series of emoji reactions will now display on the screen.
• Tap the emoji with which you wish to respond to the message. Your chosen Emoji will show up below the message.

React to Instagram Messages with Emojis on Android

2. Replace Default Emoji Reactions with your Favorite Emojis

If your favorite emojis are not listed, you can always replace the default emojis with your preferred ones.

Here’s how it’s done:

• Open the Instagram app on your Android phone.
• Touch & hold the message that you want to react to and tap tap the (+) icon.
• Tap Customize.
• Now, tap on the emoji, you want to replace and select any other emoji from the list.
• When finished, tap the checkmark icon to save the changes.

Replace Default Emoji Reactions with your Favorite Emojis

3. Change the Double-Tap like Reaction

You may use a custom Emoji to replace the double-tap response. When you double-tap a direct message on Instagram, a heart emoji appears underneath the message by default. If you wish to replace the double-tap reaction, however, you may do so by following these steps:

• Open the Instagram app on your Android phone.
• Tap on a Chat and press-hold the message to change the default double-tap Emoji.
• Tap on the (+) icon then again tap on Customize.
• Here, you will see the heart icon as your default double-tap reaction. To change it, tap on the heart icon and choose your favorite Emoji from your screen. When done, tap the tick mark icon.
• Finally, when you double-tap a message, your favorite Emoji reaction will show up below the message instead of the default-like reaction. 

Change the Double-Tap like Reaction

4. Un-react to Instagram Messages (DM)

You may wish to un-react to a certain message on Instagram or modify the Emoji reaction, at times.

• Open the Instagram app on your Android phone.
• Tap on a Chat and locate the message with the previous Emoji reaction.
• This will remove your Emoji reaction.

Un-react to Instagram Messages (DM)

That’s it. This guide was all about how to react to Instagram messages on an Android phone. In the meantime, we’ve also mentioned how to replace the default emojis reactions, how to change the double-tap reaction, and how to un-react to an Instagram DM.

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