Mark Zuckerberg reveals Threads will get Web and Search features too

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Meta's newest text-based app Threads has gone somewhat quiet in terms of new feature launches in the last week. The Instagram-powered platform enjoyed its moment of success when it hit the coveted 100 million user mark just a few days after its launch, but ever since then, it has failed to build upon that sudden user surge. As per reports, more than half of its users have left the platform in recent weeks. Some users have highlighted the app's lack of many basic features as one of the reasons for not preferring it over its rival platform X (formerly known as Twitter). However, things might change as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the platform will get two of its highly requested features “in the next few weeks”.

In the early hours of Saturday, Zuckerberg posted from his Threads account and said, “A good week for Threads. The community here is on the trajectory I expect to build a vibrant long term app. Lots of work ahead but excited about the team's pace of shipping. Search and web coming in the next few weeks”.

Notably, these were the two features alongside DMs that have been most requested by the users of the platform ever since the launch of the app.

The Web feature likely refers to the website support for the platform. So far, Threads is only available as a mobile app, although it does have its own website domain of threads.net. But upon visiting, you only see a spiral galaxy design in the background and a QR code on the front that redirects you to App Store or Play Store depending on whether your device is running iOS or Android.

You can still open post links on the web browser, but you cannot comment, like, or browse. This fundamentally limits the accessibility of the platform as many users simply prefer