Threads Expands Live Chats With Co-Hosts, Translations, and Wider Access
Hosts can now add up to three co-hosts and delete messages for everyone, as Community Champions gain the ability to start chats without a direct invite from Meta.
Meta updated Threads Live Chats on June 30 with three new capabilities: translation support across all chats, co-host invites for up to three additional hosts, and message deletion controls for host accounts. Hosting access also expands today. Live Chats launched in April 2026, and this is its first substantial feature update.
Hosts Can Now Add Three Co-Hosts and Delete Messages
Previously, Live Chats ran as single-host sessions. Now hosts can invite up to three co-hosts, opening the door to panel-style conversations or bringing in a dedicated moderator while the primary host keeps the discussion moving. Hosts also gained the ability to delete messages for everyone in a chat, not just for themselves.
Messages from the host can get buried fast in busy chats. Threads is testing a display change to make host messages appear more visually prominent - a fix that gets more pressing as chats approach the 150-participant active messaging cap, beyond which additional users shift into spectator mode and can only react and vote in polls.
Community Champions Can Now Host Without a Direct Invite
Hosting was invite-only until today. Community Champions - Threads' designation for highly followed users who post regularly and keep their community conversations active - can now start a Threads Live Chats session without waiting for Meta to reach out. Translations run automatically across all chats now, making the feature more accessible to users outside English-speaking markets.
Hundreds of chats run almost daily. Threads says thousands of users join across those sessions, though active messaging caps at 150 participants per chat - users beyond that limit can react to messages and vote in polls but cannot post. Across all of that activity, Threads hit 500 million monthly active users in June 2026, and for a feature launched just two months ago, the update cadence suggests Threads is treating Live Chats as a core product rather than an experiment.
Desktop Support and Pinned Messages Are Coming Next
Threads teased two additions on the roadmap: desktop support for Threads Live Chats and pinned messages inside chats, both heavily requested since launch. Neither has a confirmed date. WhatsApp recently added usernames so users can share contact details without giving out a phone number - another Meta push toward less friction in public conversation across its app family.
X has no comparable format. Twitter Spaces handles real-time audio conversations but has never shipped a text-based equivalent with host controls, participant caps, and auto-translation - the full stack Threads is now offering through Live Chats.
