Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, launches on July sixth

Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is anticipated to launch on July sixth, in accordance the App Retailer itemizing for the app. Threads had confirmed up on Google Play on Saturday with screenshots and a few preliminary particulars, and a list I noticed on Google Play didn’t have a launch date, so this date from the App Retailer seems to provide us our first official date for after we would possibly have the ability to obtain the app.

Right here is the official — and temporary — description of the app, from the App Retailer:

Say extra with Threads — Instagram’s text-based dialog app

Threads is the place communities come collectively to debate every part from the matters you care about in the present day to what’ll be trending tomorrow. No matter it’s you’re keen on, you may observe and join immediately along with your favourite creators and others who love the identical issues — or construct a loyal following of your personal to share your concepts, opinions and creativity with the world.

The itemizing additionally has what look like the identical screenshots from the Google Play itemizing, exhibiting that you just’ll have the ability to log in along with your Instagram deal with, discover the accounts you observe on Instagram on the brand new app, and publish in an interface that appears rather a lot like many different text-based social media apps. In a companywide assembly, Meta executives additionally shared that the app will combine with the decentralized social media protocol ActivityPub, as reported by my colleague Alex Heath.

Nonetheless, simply because the app is accessible to obtain on July sixth doesn’t assure that you just’ll have the ability to bounce in and publish. I wouldn’t be stunned if Meta does a gradual rollout of some type for the app, so that you would possibly wish to be ready to attend to truly have the ability to discover your new non-Twitter house.