Meta’s X (previously Twitter) rival Threads is getting an necessary new function. The corporate has lastly added a search operate to the brand new social media app. The function continues to be barebones although, solely permitting you to lookup profiles. You’ll be able to’t search posts utilizing key phrases or phrases.
Meta launched Threads in early July as a substitute for Twitter, which not too long ago rebranded to X. It debuted as an Instagram app and instantly gained thousands and thousands of customers. One can log into Threads utilizing their Instagram credentials, so customers of the latter platform thronged the newest providing from Meta. The brand new app surpassed 100 million customers only a few days after its launch.
Nonetheless, Threads shortly misplaced its allure and half of its customers. A lot of this downfall was because of the lack of options on the platform. It lacked fundamental options like search and reposting. Early final month, Meta introduced that these options would arrive quickly. It rolled out reposting final week. Meta additionally launched an internet model of the platform across the identical time. It’s now including a search operate too.
Meta provides a search operate to its Threads social media app
“Get excited — search is coming to Threads,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced by way of a publish on the platform on Thursday. His publish was accompanied by a GIF that includes Vin Diesel saying “I guess you gonna get pleasure from this.” It’s a clip from the Quick and Livid movie franchise. The best way Mark offered his announcement, it’s evident that Threads customers extremely needed a search operate. Fortunately, it’s now accessible.
The search button sits subsequent to the house button on the underside navigation bar of Threads. Tapping it presents you with a search bar on the prime, adopted by accounts that you could be need to observe. Sadly, as mentioned earlier than, you possibly can’t seek for posts but. The search operate solely permits you to discover accounts. You’ll be able to observe accounts straight from search outcomes or choose an account to see its web page and posts.
Hopefully, Meta will make the operate extra sturdy quickly, one thing akin to X’s search function. The latter platform permits you to search accounts and posts utilizing key phrases, hashtags, and extra. You too can type search outcomes utilizing chips like Prime, Newest, Folks, Media, and Lists. X presents location-based and follow-based filters as properly. Whereas we watch for Meta so as to add these options to Threads, you possibly can click on the button beneath to obtain the newest model of the app.