Instagram Threads is getting a extremely requested function that places it in nearer competitors with X/Twitter. The text-based social networking app is experimenting with the flexibility to avoid wasting posts, permitting customers to bookmark favourite posts to revisit them later.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the function in a Threads publish on Wednesday, noting that the corporate simply began the restricted take a look at.
Customers with the take a look at can discover the brand new save function beneath the three-dot menu within the top-right nook of a publish. We’re undecided why Threads determined to cover the function within the “More Options” menu since Instagram has its bookmarks icon simply accessible subsequent to the like, remark, and share buttons. X lately moved its bookmark button on iOS to make it simpler to seek out. Threads will probably proceed testing probably the most optimum location for its new save function.
Instagram has had a bookmarking functionality since 2016, so it is sensible that Threads would additionally undertake the function. The power to avoid wasting content material for later is useful whenever you need to take a look at a publish — particularly if it features a hyperlink to an extended article — however don’t have time to learn it now.
Because the debut of Threads final yr, the app has repeatedly rolled out new options to enchantment to customers and tackle rivals like X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, Submit and Spill. Final month, the platform confirmed it was engaged on a “Trends” function to floor trending subjects.
Throughout Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings report, Threads revealed that it has over 130 million month-to-month lively customers.
