Threads Gets New Edit Button; Voice Threads Also Announced

Threads, Meta’s reply to X (previously Twitter), was launched earlier this 12 months in July. Now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has introduced that the app will roll out an edit button and a Voice Threads characteristic. Unlike the paid edit possibility on X, Threads will not be charging customers for these updates. The new edit button and Voice Threads options have began rolling out and can quickly be accessible to all customers. Notably, customers do want an present Instagram account to create a Threads account.

In a Threads post, Zuckerberg confirmed that each the Edit and Voice Threads options are rolling out for all Threads customers. We had been capable of Edit a Thread for as many as instances inside 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, the Edit characteristic was now not accessible. It will likely be accessible to customers on each the cellular utility and the online model.

Even although it’s free, the Edit possibility in Threads is extra restrictive than the one on X, and never simply in line with its time restrict. Threads additionally doesn’t present a historical past of edited submit, due to this fact, there is just one edit icon that seems alongside the submit.

The Voice Threads characteristic permits customers to submit a recorded voice message as a Threads submit. It is just like the voice be aware characteristic that’s accessible on WhatsApp. This is, nevertheless, audible to all of your Threads followers.

Recently, a report instructed that Threads might permit customers to delete their account with out having to delete their Instagram account. Presently, customers need an Instagram account to create a Threads account. They may import their account particulars from the older utility to the brand new one however customers are additionally allowed to customize the main points of their Threads profile, in the event that they so select. Although if anybody has a verified Instagram deal with, their username on Threads will stay unchanged, alongside the verified badge, and they’ll be capable of edit the profile image and bio.