Social Updates: October

Working in marketing but struggling to keep up with all the new changes? unite Marketing and Events has you covered! Here are all the most recent social media updates you NEED to know 👇

💃 Tiktok has recently introduced “Photo Mode” which allows users to share carousel posts of still images.

🔞 Tiktok has also announced that from November 23rd they will have “adult-only” streaming categories and the minimum age of livestreaming will change from 16 to 18.

📱Twitter is rolling out a new feature where users will be prompted to share a tweet or copy the link when screenshotting a tweet.

🔗Twitter has introduced “Link Spotlight” for professional account users in the US. This new feature allows users to add an interactive button to their profile which will take customers exactly where you want them to go.

Source: business.twitter.com

📸 Instagram is testing out a new feature where users will be able to comment GIFs on other users’ posts.

📅Instagram is slowly rolling out a new “Schedule Later” feature, only available to certain users for testing.

Source: Twitter user @WFBrother

⛔Meta has reported that so far this year they have found over 400 malicious IOS and Android apps created for the purpose of stealing Facebook login information. According to Meta these apps, which were listed on both the Apple Store and Google Play Store, have been reported and removed by Apple and Google

Source: Examples of malware apps shared by about.fb.com

Noticed anything new on your favourite platforms? Let us know in the comments below! 💬