Instagram has hidden an emoji-based game within the direct messaging feature of their smartphone app — and people are just now noticing it.

You drag the emoji into the blank spaces in order to solve the puzzle. Folks who are using the iOS 26 beta and are Apple News+ subscribers can start playing the game today.

While Instagram's secret emoji game isn't new, several amazed Instagram users have only just discovered it, with one asking: 'Is this a thing? Am I dying?' ...

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Apple will continue to lean into the daily puzzle trend with a lighthearted challenge that tasks players with completing phrases using emoji.

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Jordon Hudson said she and Bill Belichick are 'overtly committed' to UNC-Chapel Hill as they posed in Carolina blue amid concerns the head coach was reconsidering the job and heading back to the NFL.

Apple News+ subscribers who upgrade to iOS 26 can now access an all-new game, which Apple calls "Emoji Game." The idea is to solve puzzles by completing words and phrases with emoji characters ...

While Instagram's secret emoji game isn't new, several amazed Instagram users have only just discovered it, with one asking: 'Is this a thing? Am I dying?' ...