Threads, Meta's Twitter clone, is arriving very soon

Meta’s been hard at work on their version of Twitter. And surprise! That app, named Threads, is landing this week. On Thursday Jul. 6, to be precise.Threads is currently available for “pre-saving” on the Apple App Store and is showing up for at least some users in the Google Play Store in Europe. The screenshots in the App Store preview look a lot like a Twitter interface, showing a “thread” (post) with a heart (like), speech bubble (reply), two-arrow loop (repost to your own feed) and paper plane (share elsewhere/directly) icons as well as like and reply counters. There’s also a preview of a reply-limiting function that divides the potential audience for an individual “New thread” into Anyone, “Profiles you follow”, and “Mentioned only”. SEE ALSO: The solution to Twitter’s downfall isn’t five Twitter clones Most crucially, the app is connected directly to Instagram. Not only does the App Store page list its name as “Threads, an Instagram app” (not Meta, not Facebook, Instagram, OK?) but users will be able to log in using their Instagram credentials and handle and choose who to follow on Threads from the list of the people they already follow on Instagram. According to earlier reports on the app — formerly known only by the codename “Project 92” — it will have a centralized main feed, and users who are already blocked on Instagram will remain blocked by those accounts on the new platform. Meta has also apparently been working to get high-profile users on…Threads, Meta's Twitter clone, is arriving very soon