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Threads is finally getting direct messages on the desktop.

A new “Messages” tab appears in this preview of its redesigned web layout that head of Threads, Connor Hayes, posted on Thursday, as Engadget reports.

Threads got DMs in 2025, but only on Android and iOS. Hayes noted that users will start to see Messages on the web version “over the coming weeks.”

A screenshot of the redesigned web layout for Threads
Image: Connor Hayes via Threads
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