FACEBOOK is creating a new WhatsApp and Snapchat rival messaging platform called Threads. The tech giant is currently working on the app, which will be a companion to Instagram and enable users to …
, the app will revolve around the "close friends" list feature on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.
However, Threads will reportedly invite users to automatically share information like their location, battery life and speed with friends as well as the standard text, photo and video messages.Facebook actually owns Whatsapp but has been planning a merged messaging app for a whileSome of the features on the new app have been revealed by illustrated screenshots obtained by the media.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Facebook would be merging the messaging part of its Messenger app with both WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, will still exist as standalone apps however – but their messaging services will become one unified system.WhatsApp was created in 2009 by computer programmers Brian Acton and Jan Koum - former employees of YahooKoum came up with the name WhatsApp because it sounded like "what's up"
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