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 ...

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 ...

To play, send an emoji in a Direct Message and control a paddle to keep the bouncing emoji in the air. The game gets more challenging as it progresses. The other person could also do the same (so ...

Don’t get too excited though — even though this theme sets a basketball as the chat’s emoji, the long-lost, beloved basketball mini game has not yet made its triumphant return to the ...