{"id":317825,"date":"2019-08-27T08:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T06:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=317825"},"modified":"2019-08-27T08:08:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T06:08:42","slug":"facebook-working-on-messaging-app-for-instagram-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/317825-facebook-working-on-messaging-app-for-instagram-report.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook working on messaging app for Instagram &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook is developing a companion messaging app for Instagram, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/8\/26\/20833903\/facebook-instagram-threads-messaging-app-close-friends-snapchat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Verge<\/strong><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report, the messaging app will be named Threads and will allow users to send messages and media using Instagram&#8217;s editing tools.<\/p>\n<p>Threads is reportedly being tested internally at Facebook, and will be aimed at facilitating conversation between users and people on their &#8220;close friends&#8221; list.<\/p>\n<p>The app could be positioned as a competitor to Snapchat, with users automatically sharing real-time information such as location, speed, and battery life.<\/p>\n<p>Users will reportedly be able to view Instagram stories from within the Threads app, with the interface bearing many similarities to the direct messages platform within Instagram.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/316879-facebook-instagram-deal-warrants-new-scrutiny.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Facebook-Instagram deal warrants new scrutiny<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook is developing a companion messaging app for Instagram, The Verge reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":169151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[161,10424,60669],"class_list":["post-317825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-facebook","tag-instagram","tag-threads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317845,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317825\/revisions\/317845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}