Facebook launches a new camera-first messaging app, Threads from Instagram
Facebook today launched Threads from Instagram, a new camera-first messaging app. Facebook says Threads is a standalone app designed with privacy, speed and and with close connections in mind. Users can share photos, videos, messages, Stories with the Instagram close friends list.
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Last year, Instagram introduced Close Friends for sharing more personal moments with a select group of people users choose. Now, users can use Threads to message those people.
Users without a Close Friends list can make one directly from Threads. According to Facebook, Threads will begin rolling out globally today.