Threads, the Twitter-like Instagram app, is rolling out the ability for users to save a draft and take photos within the app. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram Announced current features, noting that they are designed to “make it easier to share your ideas on the go.” The official launch comes a few weeks after Threads began testing the features with a select number of users. At the time, Mosseri said they were two of the “most requested” features on the platform.
The new features make Threads a competitor to X (formerly Twitter), which has had drafts and a camera shortcut for as long as we can remember. However, Threads only allows you to save one draft at a time, while X allows you to save several. Threads users can now start writing a post they want to share later and then swipe down to save it as a draft.
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As for being able to take photos within the app, you can do so by clicking the camera icon in the composer. Once you take a photo, you can choose to share it or take it again. The shortcut makes it easier to share photos in the moment and eliminates the need to first use your device's camera app to take a photo and then attach it to a Threads post via your camera roll.
The launch of the camera shortcut comes as app researcher Nima Owji indicated that X might be looking to adopt Threads. carousel format to display images. X currently displays images in a grid format, but that may change in the future.
Threads has been gradually adding new features since its launch in July 2023 to better address X. The platform recently added a bookmarking, trending topics, and Facebook cross-posting feature to Threads.
