Topics may allow you to add music to your posts in the future

Meta’s Threads is internally prototyping the ability to add music to posts, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The option to add music to posts is already available On other social Meta apps, Instagram and Facebook. It appears that the company is now considering bringing the feature to Threads, its X competitor.

The feature has not yet been publicly tested, and was first discovered by a reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzziwhich often finds unreleased features while still in development.

The option to add music to posts could be a welcome addition for people who want to add more color to their posts and show off their musical taste, as it would be somewhat reminiscent of the MySpace era. However, not everyone is likely to be a fan of posts with music, as it may distract them.

As with any other internal prototype, it is unknown whether Meta plans to roll out this feature.

TechCrunch reported last week that Threads does, too Prototyping internally Ability to set a display name and add a cover photo to profiles. The new features will bring Threads’ user experience more in line with its competitors, including X and Bluesky.