Meta is giving Threads on web a redesign that finally adds direct messages


Meta is starting to test a long-overdue facelift for Threads on web. The company’s head of Threads Connor Hayes showed off a new look for the web version of Threads that finally adds direct messaging and makes it easier to navigate between multiple feeds.

The new layout adds a bunch of new shortcuts to the site’s left rail, including saved posts, insights, activity, and the ability to move between different feeds. Those features have all been accessible on web before, but many were hard to find. For example, the only way to currently get to “insights” is to navigate to your own profile or save it as a “pinned” column. Most importantly, though, the update finally adds the Threads inbox, which has not been available to web users even though the feature was added to the app last June.

It’s not clear when the new look will roll out, but Hayes said Meta has already started to test it and that the company will “be investing more here going forward.” The last time the Threads website got a major update was last April, which added some basic functionality. But since then, Meta has focused much of its efforts on the Threads app, rather than the website. Some newer features, like disappearing “ghost posts,” are able to be viewed on the web but can only be created in the app.

Speaking of the Threads app, the web updates come one day after Hayes previewed some tweaks to how replies look on mobile. With the change, replies under a post will be indented slightly to make it easier to follow conversations. That change is rolling out now on iOS and currently “testing” on Android.



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