By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.

Meta’s Threads has proven itself to be a worthy competitor to Twitter, but the platform has long been missing support for private messages. Now, though, Threads is testing a “Message” button that ...

Threads users who want a direct messaging feature might be getting one they didn't exactly ask for. Meta is testing a sort of DM feature in which users can send messages, but only to Instagram users.

In a recent Threads post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company’s microblogging platform has started testing out a new feature: direct messages. Confirmed in another Threads post by ...

Threads is exploring games in chats, beginning with a basketball game. A spokesperson for Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is internally prototyping the game and that it’s not available ...

(Bloomberg) -- Threads, the Meta Platforms Inc. social network that rivals Elon Musk’s X, is testing a new messaging feature for users to interact privately on the service. Private messages on Threads ...

Threads now offers a Direct Messages feature on its platform that allows users to message their friends, family, or mutual accounts. This was finally released two years after the app debuted without ...

As Threads has grown to more than 130 million users, one of the major remaining "missing" features users often complain about is the lack of direct messaging abilities. But those missing out on DMs ...

"Threads was created for sharing perspectives that generate vibrant, public conversations, but sometimes you want to take a conversation further, one-on-one," said Meta's team. "Messaging has been one ...

Shortly after its addition of direct messages this summer, Instagram Threads is adding support for group messaging with up to 50 people. The Meta-owned competitor to X, which now has more than 400 ...