The company said dev partners will be able to create apps for the device that incorporate gesture-driven features.

The May 18 event will feature creator partnerships and kick off the app’s new “Museums Come Alive” series.

Creators will get better transitions, as well as more text and sticker controls, while iOS users will have the opportunity to use live photos.

With more consumers using Reddit as a research tool, that provides expanded opportunities for brands to link into the discovery process.

The platform is making a bigger push with original content and may host as many as 4,000 events a year, per Business Insider.

The platform promoted sponsorship opportunities with emerging creators and showcased new CTV and artificial intelligence features.

The new feature offers users an enhanced level of privacy and security, but raises concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of chatbot responses.

The app has been expanding its sports engagement, and 59% of users say watching events on TikTok is more fun than viewing actual games.

The app’s sixth annual event was a showcase for its updated marketing offerings, including new artificial intelligence-powered elements.

A new report from the app examined teen behavior online and offered insights into the perspective of younger users.

The focus of Instants is immediate, in-the-moment sharing via disappearing images. 

The revision divides viewing history into content types, including video and long-form articles, so users can more easily find previously viewed posts. 

Consultants will now be able to add an in-app link to book a session with them, which will also facilitate payment in-stream.

The TikTok Real program incorporates insights from more than 300 experts and is designed to remove fake products from the app.

Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot is struggling to compete with similar artificial intelligence projects from OpenAI, Meta and Google, per the Wall Street Journal.

New controls in the company’s Family Center dashboard will build on Instagram’s existing Your Algorithm option, and additional alerts will provide more oversight.

The travel affiliate program allows creators to earn commissions by tagging relevant businesses in their posts.

The company said its trial rollout will be available in Argentina, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, where users can query via tagging.

The option would let users hide on-screen function buttons and is already available on competitor platforms such as TikTok and Reels.

Users can pay a monthly fee to disable data tracking for targeted promotions, in line with current regulations.

The event last month was intended to boost creative collaboration between the most active Spectacles developers ahead of the Specs device release.

The option would give users more opportunity to add context and potentially generate more engagement with their carousel updates.

The guide offers suggestions for building businesses on the platform and tapping into the evolving creator marketplace.

A new logo and font for the platform comes as it continues to grow its user base and compete with larger apps like X for market share.

The New York Times recently published an opinion piece suggesting that the company is at the beginning of the end, but it’s more complicated than that.

Tessa Lyons, Instagram’s vice president of product, told audiences at Scalable Summit that short-form videos may not “be enough to succeed on TV,” per ICYMI.

The company is using artificial intelligence-powered generative recommendations to assess user actions across the platform.

The company published an explainer on its various models as sales of the devices continue to rise.