Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it’s “testing” DMs on the web now, but plans to make the feature “available to more people soon.”
Threads is finally getting DMs on the web
Nearly a year after rolling out Threads DMs to everyone on mobile, Meta is bringing them to the browser.
Nearly a year after rolling out Threads DMs to everyone on mobile, Meta is bringing them to the browser.
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In your DM page on the web, you can see your inbox and message requests. Like on mobile, you can also choose to let anyone DM you or just people you follow. The company is also planning to test group chats on the web — group chats are currently available on mobile — and is also working on “more controls.”
“While there’s nothing better than a good conversation in the replies, we know you all like to sidebar in DMs,” according to Threads boss Connor Hayes. Web DMs have been the “#1 request since we launched messaging on mobile,” and he notes that “Our most engaged people spend time on web because they’re at their desks, tapped in, using Threads for longer sessions.”
Threads also recently started testing a (much improved) new look for the platform on the web.
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