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 choice on X, Threads is just not 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 publish, Zuckerberg confirmed that each the Edit and Voice Threads options are rolling out for all Threads customers. We have 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 probably be accessible to customers on each the cellular software and the net model.
Even although it’s free, the Edit choice in Threads is extra restrictive than the one on X, and never simply in response to its time restrict. Threads additionally doesn’t present a historical past of edited publish, subsequently, there is just one edit icon that seems alongside the publish.
The Voice Threads characteristic permits customers to publish a recorded voice message as a Threads publish. It is much like the voice observe characteristic that’s accessible on WhatsApp. This is, nonetheless, audible to all of your Threads followers.
Recently, a report advised that Threads might enable customers to delete their account with out having to delete their Instagram account. Presently, customers want an Instagram account to create a Threads account. They can even import their account particulars from the older software 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’re going to be capable to edit the profile image and bio.