Threads is advertised in the App Store as "an Instagram app" but 12 hours after launching, only six of the 20 biggest accounts have signed up.

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that the company’s social network Threads will finally begin testing a DM (direct message) inbox that’s separate from users’ Instagram DM Inboxes. This means ...

Instagram President Adam Mosseri revealed the latest update to Threads’ Hidden Words setting. This update brings new custom filters that allow Threads users to block words, phrases, and emojis in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Threads adds its own DM inbox. It won't link to Instagram messages. Testing starts in three countries. Meta is rolling out a ...

Meta just took another step in its belated but very welcome push to detach Threads from its Instagram roots. Starting today, the app is officially rolling out its own direct messaging system and a new ...

Meta is testing a new way to create an account on Threads that will require a Facebook account to authenticate the login and base their profile on. This is not yet available to users as the option ...

Threads was a kind of extension of Instagram when it launched in 2023. However, over time, the reliance of Meta’s X rival platform on Instagram has waned. Now, Threads is getting its own DM inbox, ...

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is on the stand today in Meta’s antitrust trial. In trying to prove the social network is not a monopoly, he shared that the Threads app could have been just a feature ...

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media platform that sought to capitalize on user frustration with the Elon Musk-owned X, overtook its competitor in daily active users on mobile devices worldwide for ...

Meta's Threads and Instagram now empower users to shape their feeds, offering AI-driven tools for personalized content ...