Tripepi Smith’s Always-Be-Learning (#ABL) culture drives us to stay up to speed on constantly changing social media platforms. This knowledge empowers our team to track, interpret and adapt to the latest and greatest social media trends on behalf of the public agencies we serve. The following is the latest installment of our regular roundup of social media news you need to know:

  1. Threads is expanding Live Chats by allowing up to three co-hosts, while also adding message translation, improved sharing and new host controls.
  2. Instagram now lets users add captions to individual carousel slides, making posts more flexible, accessible and story-driven.
  3. Google Photos is introducing an AI-powered Video Remix feature that uses Gemini Omni to turn existing videos into creative and stylized clips with realistic background editing options.
  4. X has updated its video editor with green screen and recording tools, making it easier to create content directly in the app.
  5. LinkedIn is rolling out AI-powered advertising tools that generate ad copy and creative recommendations to help businesses build better campaigns.

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