If you thought Instagram DMs couldn’t get more fun, think again. This update transforms your chats into your own digital sketchbook. As the most recent enhancement, Instagram now permits users to doodle on their chats. While having a simple conversation, Instagram users can now make their messages more imaginative, personalized and interactive. This new “Draw” function is more than a simple extension. It is a very interesting and creative step towards redefining simple chats to a creative way of self-expression online.

A Creative Twist to Everyday Boring Chats

Imagine responding to a text or reel sent by your friend, but not by sending a typical boring emoji, but instead by crafting your own hand-drawn doodle. That is precisely the new Draw option. It exists solely within your DMs. When you click the “+” icon next to the message bar, you now have three new options available: Location, AI Images, and Draw. If you click Draw, your chat instantly becomes a space where imagination and dialogue meet. You have different brushes to choose from, color options and you can doodle over the text of your chats or even on shared Reels. It’s not a blank page nor a piece of paper, it’s the actual conversation, your conversation redefined and it is colorful. It is your personality.

How to Try the Doodle Feature

Here’s how you can use the new Draw tool step by step:

1. Open your Instagram app and head to your Direct Messages.

2. Choose any chat in which you want to doodle.

3. Tap the “+” icon beside the typing bar at the bottom right.

4. Select “Draw” from the given options.

5. Pick your brush type and the color of your choice to start with your doodling.

6. Use your finger to doodle anywhere on the chat screen, even above messages, photos and reels.

7. Once done, send your next message as usual and your doodle will appear right where you drew it.

If you don’t see the Draw option yet, simply update your app to the latest version. Instagram is gradually rolling this feature out worldwide.

Why Everyone’s Talking About It

At first glance, it may not appear important, but it’s shifting the dynamics of human connection. The Draw Option further allows conversations to become emotional, more spontaneous and more human. People are not just layering stickers and throwing text. Instead, they are crafting personal sketches and playful doodles, small, personalized gestures that are greatly appreciated in the impersonal digital environment.

Social media users are already focusing on it on various platforms. People are posting screenshots of conversations and chats filled with all sorts of sketches, from humorous doodles with friends to lovers sending sweet hearts. It shows that the more effortless the creative expression, the greater the social connection.

What It Means for Creators

For digital creators and influencers, interacting with the audience in a personalized way results in engagement and this feature has the potential for creators to respond to fans in new artistic, personal and memorable ways. Creators can add notes and sketches to their drawings and their audience will grow as genuine and interactive communication unfolds. That’s exactly what Ytviews helps amplify, turning engagement into measurable growth. With creativity and consistency, the engagement can be turned into growth in the digital space.

Conclusion

The 2025 Doodle Update is more than just the ability to doodle, it’s a way to reconnect. Most interaction these days seems to be via algorithms and AI, but this feature promotes the idea that creativity and emotion are the real drivers behind engagement. Next time you access your DMs, don’t use an emoji, draw instead, as the most meaningful engagement now starts just with a simple doodle.