Elon Musk Plans to Move X HQ out of San Francisco
While the renaming of Twitter to X was effectively the end of an era for the app, this would be a physical manifestation of the same. According X owner Elon Musk, the company is now planning to move out of San Francisco, in protest over changes to Californian law, which he disagrees with. Yesterday, California […]
Meta’s Testing AI Comment Summaries on Facebook
Meta’s determined to make use of its expanding AI capacity, and it’s going to make you experience it, whether you want to or not. Meta’s latest effort on this front is new Meta AI summaries in post comment streams on Facebook, which sum up the general consensus of what people are saying about that post. […]
Instagram’s Experimenting With Super Likes for Stories
Just as Instagram adds an interesting, and original music sharing option for Threads, it’s also seemingly experimenting with another feature that’s been copied from another app. According to a finding in the back-end code of the latest IG app, the platform is working on a “Super Like” option for Stories. As you can see in […]
Threads is Testing a Media Re-Share Option That Credits Creators
Meta’s looking to tackle content theft on Threads by experimenting with a new feature that would make it easy for users to re-share media in the app, while still giving credit to the original poster. As you can see in this example, posted by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Threads is internally testing a new “Use […]
WhatsApp Adds ‘Favorites’ Tab to Help You Keep Up With Key Connections
WhatsApp’s looking to make it easier to stay in touch with your key contacts with a new “Favorites” tab option now available in the app. As you can see in this example, now, you’ll be able to create a dedicated listing of your key contacts, so you can switch over and ensure that you’re keeping […]
Instagram Will Now Enable You to Add 20 Audio Tracks to Reels
Oh wow, a cool and original idea coming out of IG. Been a while since that’s happened. Today, Instagram has announced a new feature that enables users to add multiple music tracks to their Reels, so you can add variable soundtrack elements within a single clip. As you can see in these example screens, you […]
YouTube Tests AI Generated Radio Stations for YouTube Music
YouTube is trying out another way to utilize AI, this time within YouTube Music, with Music Premium subscribers now able to try out a new “AI-generated radio” option, which enables you to personalize what you want to hear by describing it. As you can see in this example, shared by 9 to 5 Google, YouTube’s […]
Instagram Is Restricting the Promotion of Variable Image Size Carousels
Bad news for brands looking to make use of Instagram’s new variable image size carousels, with carousels that include full-screen size images not eligible for boosting. Last month, Instagram rolled out a new option that enables users to upload carousel collections of different sized images, giving you more options for composing carousel posts in-stream. Which […]
YouTube Tests Community Spaces To Drive Fan Engagement
YouTube’s trying another way to integrate more social platform type elements, this time through a new Community Spaces test, which enables channel fans to engage and interact via text posts. As you can see in this example, posted by influencer marketing expert Lindsey Gamble, YouTube’s new Community Spaces, which are now available on selected creator […]
X Reports New Record High in Usage
It was another big weekend for X, with the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump driving more conversation in the app. Though the specifics, as always, do require some scrutiny. Today, X owner Elon Musk has claimed that the platform reached a new “record high” in usage. ???? usage hit another all-time high yesterday […]