If you’re tired of seeing Instagram posts with a seemingly endless list of hashtags, Instagram is making a change to stop that. In a post today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said that the platform will now cap hashtags to five per post. “While I know it can be tempting to use more, a few specific […]
Meta has “paused” its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as reported by Road to VR . With the program, announced in April 2024, Meta announced that it would be licensing the Quest OS headset – which, at the same […]
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off a letter on Tuesday to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and several major data center developers to investigate the impact they’re having on Americans’ utility bills. The move comes as rising electricity rates became an increasingly hot-button issue in the US, which […]
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
Conversation focus uses the AI glasses’ open-ear speakers to amplify the voice of the person you’re talking to, says Meta.
Back at Meta Connect, Meta teased that its AI glasses would soon support a conversation boosting feature to help folks hear better in noisy environments. That feature is rolling out starting today for Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN glasses owners who’ve opted into the company’s Early Access Program. The feature, dubbed Conversation Focus, is […]
Meta is starting to test a new Instagram app for TVs that lets you watch Reels on a big screen. The app will be available first as a pilot for Amazon Fire TV devices in the US starting Tuesday. The homescreen of the Reels-focused app will show personalized, horizontal collections of videos to browse through. […]
Threads, which has more than 150 million daily active users, adds more communities to its platform.
The app remains usable via the web, Facebook app, and through the mobile app for iOS and Android.
