Instagram launches Instants, an app for sharing disappearing photos, in Italy and Spain, after rolling out an Instants feature in its main app in some regions
- Instagram launched a new app in Italy this week called “Instants.” — A hodgepodge of apps like Snapchat, Locket, and BeReal, the app is meant to be “low-pressure.”
BeReal's challenges show the difficulty for new consumer apps to break out absent a big platform shift, as users lack the time to try additional consumer apps
The recent reports that BeReal is struggling with either a fundraise or growth or both, is a bummer. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : A key form of value...
BeReal plans to let brands and celebrities join, starting on February 6, and says the app now has 23M DAUs, up from 20M DAUs in August 2023
BeReal, a rising social media app that emphasizes authenticity, is making its first outreach to brands and celebrities.
BeReal plans to add Behind the Scenes, an iOS Live Photo-style tool, and RealGroups, for smaller groups; Pew estimates 13% of US teens ages 13 to 17 use BeReal
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BeReal plans to launch a chat feature, initially testing in Ireland; users will be able to message one-on-one, send a private BeReal, and react with RealMoji
BeReal is working on a chat feature, which will begin with a test among users in Ireland. — At launch, users will be able …
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality, the Microsoft partnership, metaverse plans, TikTok, BeReal, the Discovery Engine approach, and more
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TikTok rolls out Now, a BeReal-like feed, to its app in the US, with daily prompts to capture a 10-second video or a photo using both front and back cameras
TikTok launched a new feature today that is basically just a copy of BeReal, the buzzy French social app that's been steadily gaining popularity.
Instagram is internally testing Candid Challenges, a BeReal-like feature that gives users two minutes to take and share a photo at a different time each day
Instagram is testing a new feature called Candid Challenges, which bears a striking resemblance to BeReal, a photo sharing app popular among …
Instagram's Dual copies BeReal's front and back camera capture feature, but misses the point: people like BeReal because it's non-addictive by design
Instagram's Dual copies BeReal's front and back camera capture feature, but misses the point: people like BeReal because it's non-addictive by design
so it sat on the shelf until device support caught up George Kedenburg III / @gk3 : @parismartineau this feature is actually ~3 years old, maybe convenient timing that it just finally shipped to 100% ...