Connect your Facebook Page and Instagram account, and the AI answers their DMs from the same knowledge as your website chat. DMs land in your inbox with a Messenger or
Instagram label.
Messenger and Instagram are in beta. Only owners and admins can connect them.
Messenger
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Connect Facebook
Go to Settings > Messenger and click Connect. Log in to Facebook and allow access.
- 2
Choose your Page
Under Choose the Page to connect, click Connect next to your Page.
You need an Instagram professional account (business or creator).
- 1
Connect Instagram
Go to Settings > Instagram and click Connect. Log in to the Instagram account you want to connect and allow access.
- 2
Check it
Send a DM to your account from another account. The AI replies, and the conversation appears in your inbox.
Good to know
- Reply within 24 hours. Messenger and Instagram only allow replies within 24 hours of the customer's last message. Answer DM tickets promptly.
- Escalations reach you through your usual notifications, and you reply from the inbox.
- Health: the channel's settings page shows when the last reply was sent. If replies start failing, the channel's tile in Settings shows Replies failing: click Reconnect.
- To stop, click Disconnect.