Threads is its own separate smartphone app, but ties into lists of 'close friends' that Instagram began letting users create late last year, according to director of product Robby Stein. — AFP
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Oct 3 launched Threads, an image-centric messaging app designed to weave tight circles of Instagram friends together, while ramping up its challenge to rival Snapchat.
Threads is its own separate smartphone app, but ties into lists of "close friends" that Instagram began letting users create late last year, according to director of product Robby Stein.
