As if anyone needed it, there’s a new way to kill time on social media. Instagram has hidden an emoji-based game within the direct messaging feature of their smartphone app — and people are ...

Instagram has quietly added a secret emoji game that you can access in your DMs. The goal of the game is simple: Use your finger to move the paddle at the bottom of your screen to keep your emoji ...

One of the most exciting hidden features is a secret emoji game, which several users have stumbled across in recent weeks. One baffled user who discovered the game this month took to X (Twitter ...

Tapping an emoji in your direct messages turns it into an entertaining mini-game. To try out Instagram’s new mini-game for yourself, go to the messaging tab in the app and open a direct message.

Then, press and hold this emoji until it opens the game. The goal is like Pong where you keep the emoji from falling off the screen by moving a platform with your finger for the emoji to bounce on.

INSTAGRAM has added a secret game into your Direct Messages – and only an emoji can unlock it. Fans of the app are raving about the new feature, which appears to have quietly inserted in a ...