Threads now allows users to switch between different feeds directly from the home screen with a swipe.

Threads is rolling out a redesign that keeps your feeds visible on the home screen, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Wednesday. The redesign lets you quickly swipe between different feeds just like you can on X.
Threads now allows users to switch between different feeds directly from the home screen with a swipe.

Threads is rolling out a redesign that keeps your feeds visible on the home screen, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Wednesday. The redesign lets you quickly swipe between different feeds just like you can on X.

The change is rolling out on Android on Wednesday, and will launch on iOS in the coming days.

Following is now just a swipe away, and you can easily swipe between any of your custom feeds," Mosseri said in the announcement. "This may look like a small change, but it should make navigating the app much simpler."

The latest feature follows updates that Threads has rolled out over the past two weeks. A few days ago, the social network began testing the option for users to choose their For You, Following, or a custom feed as default. The test was long overdue, because users had been requesting to set their Following feed as default since the launch of Threads last year.

In addition, last week Threads launched custom feeds so people could curate feeds around topics or specific profiles. The algorithmic "For You" feed of the app will also now surface more content from the people that you follow because of some user complaints saying they wanted to see fewer posts from the people you don't follow.

Threads is also working on a feature that’s similar to Bluesky’s “Starter Packs,” which are curated lists of recommended users for people to follow when they first join the app.

All these changes come in line with Meta seeing the decentralized X competitor, Bluesky increasingly as a serious threat to its dominance. Meta has really been on the go by updating Threads at the period when most X users opt for Bluesky. Currently, it has registered above 20 million users.

The social network has been working to appease the users and is responding to the feedback in an effort to keep them from moving to Bluesky, which is catching up with Threads when it comes to daily active users.

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2024-11-28 18:41:38