What Is Meta’s New Threads App and Its Features?

If you are a Twitter user, then you are probably aware of how glitchy the app has been. After Elon Musk’s highly publicised takeover of Twitter, there was a lot of promise that needed fulfilling. However, it hasn’t gone as smoothly as some may have wanted. The app has often crashed, introduced features that have not been popular, and the overall experience has also taken a hit.

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Sensing the right opportunity, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has recently launched the Threads app. Threads is somewhat similar to Twitter, but again, it has the differences that set it apart from the Bird app.

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What is Meta’s new Threads app?

Go to the official announcement website of Threads and you will see a large text greeting you with: ‘A new way to share with text.’ Threads aim to take what Instagram already is the best in the world at and share it over to the text platform.

The similarities between Threads and Twitter start coming to light when you see both apps allow users to post text, images, videos, etc. However, Threads focuses more on close relationships. In fact, with Threads, you can only share your texts with those whom you follow.

In addition, your Instagram followers get carried over onto Threads. Therefore, you won’t have to go through the additional ordeal of having a whole new social media platform and building your followers or following count from zero.

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How are Threads different from other Meta apps and its core features?

Threads are quite different from the other apps of Meta. Let us look at some of them more carefully:

Core features of the first Meta app, Facebook

Facebook is incredibly popular, and everyone has heard about it. Here are some of its features:

• News feed – Where you can see what everyone is up to.
• Groups – Specific groups based on your interests or hobbies.
• Messenger – A dedicated text messaging platform where you can talk to all your friends.
• Events – Learn and attend live events.
• Games – You can play Facebook games with your online friends.

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Core features of Instagram

Instagram is yet another extremely popular and well-known app, and it is owned by Meta too. Here are some of the features of Instagram:

• Photos and videos – This app is primarily focused on images and videos. You can share these forms of media, tag your friends, location, etc.
• Stories – Want to share something but don’t want it to be a permanent feature on your profile? Post anything on Instagram stories and it will be live only for 24 hours.
• Live Videos – You can also go live on Instagram and interact with your followers in real-time.
• Reels – A relatively new feature on Instagram, Reels are short videos that are quite interesting and are designed based on your following list, interests, etc.

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Core features of WhatsApp

WhatsApp is a Meta app as well, for those unaware. However, it has not been designed by the Meta team but had been acquired.

• Messaging app – WhatsApp is a text-based messaging app at its core which also lets you share media and documents.
• Encrypted – All your messages on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted, so you can be assured that your texts are not being spied upon.

Core features of Threads

Coming to the core features of the Threads app, it provides something new, that wasn’t under the stable of Meta previously. Here are some of its features:

• Public conversations – You can be a part of public conversations on the Threads app.
• Linked with Instagram – Switching from Instagram to Threads is incredibly easy.
• Positive outlook – Threads have been devised to foster positive conversations. You can choose who you want to reply to, mute others, etc.

Download the Threads app and explore!

Excited about what Threads holds for you and your friends? Join the Threads app right away then. The stable version of the app has currently been released for both Android devices (Google Play Store) and iOS devices (Apple App Store), so you will not have any difficulty finding it.

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