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title: "Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/threads-adds-new-features-to-live-chats-as-it-expands-access-nyke9irxl
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/threads-adds-new-features-to-live-chats-as-it-expands-access
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2026-06-30T17:04:54.060Z
updated: 2026-06-30T17:05:21.910Z
tags: ["social-media"]
reading_time: 2
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# Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Meta's Threads is expanding its Live Chats feature with several updates: translation support for global accessibility, co-host invitations (up to three per chat), host message deletion, and visual prominence testing for host messages. Access is being broadened to all 'Community Champions.' The platform also teased upcoming desktop support and pinned messages. Since launch, Live Chats has seen hundreds of daily chats with thousands of participants. Threads recently hit 500 million monthly active users and continues adding features to differentiate itself from X.

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