Latest News

INSTAGRAM WORKING ON THREADS, A NEW MESSAGING APP FOR YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS
Wednesday, August 28, 2019 IST
INSTAGRAM WORKING ON THREADS, A NEW MESSAGING APP FOR YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS

Threads will allow users to automatically share their status, location, battery life and more with friends

 
 

Facebook is working on a new messaging app for Instagram called Threads. It will be a companion app for Instagram that will allow users to share personal details such as status, location, speed, battery life and more with their close friends.
 
According to The Verge, Facebook is currently testing the app internally. On Instagram, users can create a special ‘close friends’ list where they can share their most intimate content rather than having to share it with all their followers. Threads will be taking over the same list of close friends with its features. Along with the above-mentioned details, users will be able to send text, photo, and video messages using the existing creative features on Instagram.
 
This is the company’s latest venture into exploring new methods to take on Snapchat. Some of the features like sharing your location are already present on Snapchat that also gives users a complete view of the location of all their friends on a map.
 
The Verge says that Threads looks similar to the existing messaging section on Instagram. Users will be able to view when their friends are online and also watch their stories within the app. There’s also an automatic sharing feature that will constantly update your location, speed, battery life and more details in real-time. Yikes! However, it's an opt-in feature, so maybe it isn’t that alarming. Also, the report says that instead of pointing your exact location, the app will specify whether you’re moving or stationary.
 
There isn’t any clarity when Threads will be launched. If Facebook doesn’t receive positive feedback through its internal testing, the app could be shelved before launch just like Instagram Direct.

 
 
 
 
 

Related Topics

 
 
 

Trending News & Articles

 Article
Tata Harrier’s 7-seater Version H7X Will Be Quite Different – Report

Tata Harrier’s three-row seat version in works, details out  

Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
 

 Article
How to make you car as silent as a Rolls Royce inside

Rolls Royce cars are extremely luxurious. While there are many expensive pieces of equipment in Rolls Royce cars, their most relaxing feature is the silence that ...

Recently posted . 2K views . 2 min read
 

 Article
India's Top 5 Mobile Charger manufacturer Brand 2019

The following list of India's Top 5 Mobile Charger manufacture Brand 2019  

Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
 

 Article
Mahindra XUV300 vs Maruti Brezza, Ford EcoSport, Tata Nexon – Price

XUV300 is the latest entrant in the compact SUV segment.

Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
 

 
 

More in Electronics & Gadgets

 Article
Yahoo Salvages Verizon Deal With $350 Million Discount

Yahoo is taking a $350 million (roughly Rs. 2,342 crores) hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sales to Verizon in a concession for security lapses...

Recently posted. 638 views . 29 min read
 

 Article
Now UPI allows you to transfer money from one bank account to only 10 people per day

NPCI reduces the number of transfers via UPI that a person can make to another per day to 10 from 20 earlier

Recently posted. 800 views . 0 min read
 

 Article
Dual screen nubia Z20 now available globally

Unveiled back in August and on sale in China since then, the nubia Z20 is now officially available for purchase internationally. The dual-screen flagship can now be...

Recently posted. 876 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Free broadband InternetFree broadband Internet for 3 months! Here is how Mi TV users can avail this offer for 3 months! Here is how Mi TV users can avail this offer

As everything free comes with a caveat, this offer is valid for new customers who will have to produce the invoice of the Mi TV for eligibility

Recently posted. 744 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Uber Resumes Self-Driving Programme Three Days After Arizona Crash

Uber Technologies Inc put its self-using vehicles lower back on the road on Monday, voicing self-belief in its self-sufficient vehicle programme 3 days aft...

Recently posted. 737 views . 23 min read
 

 
 
 

   Prashnavali

  Thought of the Day

"Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them."
Bruce Lee

Be the first one to comment on this story

Close
Post Comment
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


ads
Back To Top