Instagram now shows the online status of your followers
of David Wurm 
on July 20, 2018, 9:32 pm | Write a comment
In many apps you can see the online status of your followers and friends. Thus, an activity status was introduced in Instagram a few months ago. With this one, however, you could see rather imprecisely whether the friends are currently online. That is changing now.
With the latest update of the Instagram app for Android and iOS, there is an online status in Instagram. If the user is online, a green dot is now displayed next to the profile picture. According to Facebook you can only see the status of users whom you follow and who also follow you. So you can only see the online activities of your followers. Exceptions are the contacts with whom you have had contact via Instagram Direct.
Feature can be switched off at any time
It has been possible for some time to turn off activity texts such as "active now" or "active 1 hour ago". Of course, you can also deactivate the green dot next to the profile picture. This is possible in the settings under "Activity status". However, if you deactivate your own online status, you will no longer see your friends' online activities. A similar principle also exists in WhatsApp and other messengers.
Picture: Instagram
The green dot next to the profile picture now appears in all sharing menus and in the Direct messaging function. The status is not displayed in the stories or in the feed. The feature is generally similar to the online status of Facebook Messenger.