You can now ‘pin’ feeds to threads with this TweetDeck-style view

Threads — Instagram’s microblogging platform that serves as a competitor to X (formerly Twitter) — rolled out a new TweetDeck-style view on Thursday (May 30), among other features for desktop users. The feature, which allows users to pin columns to their home screen, first appeared on May 16 when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the platform began testing it. It has now been rolled out to users globally, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced.

Threads updated with TweetDeck style layout

In a Threads post, Mosseri revealed that the new Threads view has rolled out and that users can “customize and personalize” what they see. “We have a lot of great ideas to make this the best site to share ideas, so stay tuned and let us know if you have any suggestions,” the Instagram head added.

The new layout introduces the ability to pin feeds to the home screen, creating a modified multi-column desktop view that looks a bit like TweetDeck (now known as X Pro). Users can now pin screens such as the Following feed, For You feed, recent notifications and saved posts side-by-side on their home screen.

This can be done via a pin icon at the bottom of the left side panel, above the More option. Alternatively, they can also choose to stick with a single feed view. Gadgets 360 was able to verify this feature with a new multi-column desktop layout replacing the traditional single feed view.

Threads is also rolling out real-time updates to the feed, meaning users don’t have to refresh the page every time to see new content. This feature can be accessed by auto update in the top right corner of a feed, located in the three-dot option.

Cross-posting on threads

The microblogging platform is reportedly testing another feature that will allow users to cross-post images from Instagram. It is speculated that it will not be enabled by default and that users will have to opt in to use the feature.

The report notes that cross-posting an image from Instagram can automatically use the caption as text for the Threads post. However, this feature has not yet been enabled for Gadgets 360 employees.