Threads is getting a dedicated media tab and photo tagging<p>Meta’s Threads app is getting some new Instagram-like features. According to Instagram head <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/DFdDkuXvEH3" data-original-link="
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/DFdDkuXvEH3">Adam Mosseri[/url], Threads is adding a dedicated media tab which highlights users’ posts with photos and video, as well as photo tagging abilities.</p>
<p>According to Mosseri, the media tab feature is “a long overdue request from the community.” Both X and Bluesky have a “media” section in users’ profiles (Bluesky also recently added a separate tab just <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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for video[/url]). Threads’ photo tagging feature, on the other hand, will look familiar to most Instagram users. When sharing a photo in a post, you can search for other users’ handles to tag. Those tags will then be visible to others.</p>
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<p>Mosseri also said that Threads’ <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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markup tool[/url], which was introduced last week, will now be available to all the app’s users globally. That feature allows users to doodle on top of other people’s posts.</p>
<p>Meta has significantly ramped up the pace of updates for Threads in recent months as the app has faced <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://www.engadget.com/social-media/bluesky-and-threads-showed-us-very-different-visions-for-a-post-x-future-171046336.html">
increased competition[/url] from Bluesky. That included <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/starter-packs-are-the-latest-bluesky-feature-that-threads-is-going-to-shamelessly-adopt-193159548.html" data-original-link="
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copying[/url] a <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-rolls-out-its-custom-feeds-tool-after-a-quick-testing-phase-195012720.html">
few[/url] of its smaller rival’s features. So far, though, Meta’s strategy seems to be working. Threads has now grown to 320 million monthly users, 100 million of whom return daily, <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/DFbvoBoRPAI" data-original-link="
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/DFbvoBoRPAI">
according to[/url] Mosseri. The company also recently began to test its <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-begins-a-small-test-of-ads-on-threads-174523673.html" data-original-link="
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-begins-a-small-test-of-ads-on-threads-174523673.html">
first ads[/url] on the service.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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