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- Sep 17, 2026
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Pinterest unveils Visual Search Ads, bringing new performance advertising to visual discovery
Pinterest introduces Visual Search Ads and expands Pinterest Performance+ with Priority Products and self-serve A/B testing. It also adds App Promotion in global beta and brings Pinterest Intelligence closer to consumers with Restyle in beta in the U.S. and Canada.
Today at Pinterest Presents™, our annual advertiser summit, we’re announcing Visual Search Ads, our newest ad performance feature designed to capitalize on the power of visual search and intent. The format prominently places advertisers in Pinterest Search Results and Pin closeups, pairing keyword relevance with a distinctive new ad format to reach people as they search, compare and move closer to a decision.
Pinterest users conduct more than 80 billion searches per month, the vast majority of which are visual, and more than half of which are commercial.1 Advertisers can bid for a top response and connect people directly to an advertiser’s site, creating a new performance opportunity while consumers are still shaping what they want.
“Traditional search advertising has long relied on keywords, but in an AI-driven world, people are expressing themselves in much richer ways. Visual Search Ads allow marketers to tap into this new and rapidly growing form of AI-powered search with a prominent placement at the critical decision points where people see, save and decide,” said Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest. “Powered by Pinterest Intelligence – our AI-enabled visual understanding of images, products, taste and intent – we make those signals actionable for advertisers through visual search.”
Visual Search Ads support lower funnel objectives and are compatible with Pinterest Performance+, our AI-powered performance advertising suite. It will be available in beta for eligible advertisers in all Pinterest ad markets in the coming weeks.
Better performance, with more control
Pinterest Performance+ is adding Priority Products, giving advertisers more control over the products they want to prioritize in key moments, like a seasonal launch, promotion or category push, while maintaining the scale and efficiency of automation.
We’re also introducing self-serve A/B testing making it easier for advertisers to test campaign strategies, validate impact and optimize with confidence, across creative, targeting, and within Pinterest Performance+.
And for brands focused on mobile growth, App Promotion offers a purpose-built objective for app installs. Now in global beta with qualified advertisers, it gives advertisers a more direct way to pursue mobile growth goals. One advertiser saw up to an 85% improvement in cost per install compared to previous workarounds.2
Making ideas more actionable
We’re also bringing Pinterest Intelligence, our combination of first-party signals, visual understanding and purpose-built AI, more directly into the consumer experience.
Restyle, launching in beta in the U.S. and Canada, lets people use a photo to reimagine a space, test ideas and compare options in their own home. It’s another way we’re helping people move from “What if?” to “That’s it.”
And because the best ideas on Pinterest don’t stay on Pinterest, Bring My Pinterest to Life is returning for a second season. Our premium CTV series pairs Pinterest users with expert creators and brands to transform boards into real-life spaces, experiences and looks.
Together, these announcements reflect where Pinterest is headed: helping people discover what they want next, then giving them more confidence to make it real. For brands, that creates more opportunities to become part of the decisions that matter.
For more information about our advertising solutions and to watch replays of Pinterest Presents sessions, visit the Pinterest Business blog.
Original source - Sep 16, 2026
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Making Computing More Human with SPECS
Snapchat launches SPECS, its new AR glasses with see-through lenses, hands-free Snapchat, SPECS Intelligence, immersive learning and play experiences, translation and navigation tools, a cellular charging case, and enterprise partnerships for work on the go.
Making Computing More Human with SPECS
It's a weird time to be launching a new computer. We're being told that AI will take our jobs and virtual worlds will replace the real one. We don't accept that future. Making people irrelevant is not progress. Computers should make humanity more important, not less.
Our bet is on you. On your imagination, your creativity, your relationships, and what we can do together. Technology should add to your life, not cut you out of it.
More than a decade ago, we set out to build a new computer from the ground up, around people. That led to SPECS, a new kind of computer built into a pair of augmented reality glasses. Our vision is to make computing more human.
SPECS look different because they are different. We built them around how people interact with the world: we see what's around us, think about what to do, and then act. See-through lenses bring digital experiences into your surroundings, and our AI-native operating system is designed to help you get things done through natural interactions using your hands and voice. SPECS feature computing hardware built directly into the glasses without a puck or tether.
The future isn't about what computers can do. It's about what you can do.
Today, we're showing what you can do with SPECS, including new augmented reality (AR) experiences, SPECS Intelligence, innovative partnerships across industries, a new charging case with cellular connectivity, and SPECS First Look at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles, where you can try SPECS in-person starting October 1st.
Meet SPECS Intelligence
Today we introduced SPECS Intelligence, a new anticipatory AI service from Snap designed to work across iPhone, Mac, and SPECS AR glasses. It builds an understanding of your goals, priorities, relationships, and routines from the apps and tools you choose to connect, helping you focus on what matters now while making progress towards your longer-term goals.
Rather than waiting for a prompt, SPECS Intelligence is designed to anticipate when help would be useful and surface relevant information and actions at the right moment. On SPECS AR glasses, it is designed to extend that personal context into the physical world by bringing relevant information directly into view.
Starting today in the U.S., anyone 18+ can download the SPECS app for iOS and try the SPECS Intelligence preview. You can also join the waitlist at specs.com/intelligence or directly within the SPECS app for invitation-only early access to the fuller SPECS Intelligence experience on Mac.
Learn more about SPECS Intelligence here.
Learn, Play and Watch
SPECS help you do the things you care about in the real world, from practicing a skill to bringing your imagination to life.
Together with the NBA and WNBA, we're building interactive basketball experiences that help fans practice in a whole new way. Using a real ball and hoop, SPECS can layer visual guidance, drills, and progress cues directly onto the world around you, making it easier to work on your game.
Coming next year, ALO Wellness Club will bring movement, recovery, and mindfulness into every part of the day through guided experiences designed to extend the practice beyond the mat, whether you're walking through the park, stretching at home, or taking a moment to reset between meetings.
You can also sharpen your footwork with the Soccer Skills Lens. It puts you on a virtual training course with dribbling drills that get progressively more challenging as you advance. Or work on your golf swing with a Lens that helps improve your swing mechanics or putting stroke. Developed with guidance from PGA Professionals, SPECS can analyze your golf movements and provide personalized advice.
In partnership with HBO Max, we're bringing the world of Harry Potter to SPECS AR glasses in celebration of the new HBO Original Series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, premiering this Christmas. The new Harry Potter Lens lets you step into milestone moments from the story, from receiving a Hogwarts acceptance letter, to choosing a wand, to casting iconic spells.
For knowledge seekers, SPECS make education more immersive, engaging, and hands-on. AI on SPECS AR glasses can bring contextual information into your view or teach you about your surroundings. Or you can explore an educational Lens to learn about specific subjects. For example, the Apollo 11 Lens brings history and science into your space with an interactive, virtual recreation of the historic moon mission. You can also learn about the night sky with Starmap, which overlays constellations onto your surroundings so you can explore the stars from anywhere, at any time.
For those looking to watch the latest content and TV shows, the SPECS browser enables streaming from YouTube, HBO Max, and more. With a massive virtual display that feels like a 115-inch cinema screen placed about 10 feet away, watching content on SPECS is cinematic and immersive. And SPECS AR glasses feature a Travel Mode which keeps the screen stable even on a moving train or flight.
With Spotify, SPECS provide the right soundtrack for whatever you're doing. Whether you're looking for music, or your next podcast, just tell SPECS what you're in the mood for, or take a picture, and Spotify can take it from there to recommend a playlist based on the moment.
Connect and Share
Being together is part of what makes us human. It should be part of computing, too. With Connected Lenses, digital experiences can be shared in the same physical space. Games like Jimmy Butler's new Dominoes Lens, Chess, Table Tennis, and more make it fun to challenge your friends wherever you are.
And when you're apart, SPECS offer new ways to help you stay in touch with the people who matter most. Bluetooth pairing lets you connect SPECS to your phone so you can take calls, see notifications, and listen to music while keeping your hands free and your attention on the world around you.
We also redesigned Snapchat just for SPECS AR glasses. With Snapchat on SPECS, simply snap your fingers to take a Snap, or start a hands-free video call.
Privacy is deeply important to us and is built into the design of SPECS AR glasses. SPECS do not use facial recognition to identify people. SPECS do not record the world to understand it, and don't continuously record or save audio, video, or photos. When a wearer takes a photo or records video or audio, a prominent external LED in the center of the frames lights up or flashes to let people nearby see that recording is happening. To make sure the user stays in control, you choose what information and services SPECS can access, and Lenses will ask before accessing sensitive information.
With SPECS Intelligence, you choose what you connect and what information SPECS Intelligence can use. SPECS Intelligence is designed so Snap personnel cannot view or access the personal content you use with the service. We do not use personal content from connected accounts to train or fine-tune AI models or to serve you personalized ads. SPECS Intelligence uses on-device processing and secure cloud infrastructure, with security protections wherever data is processed.
Learn more about our approach to privacy at specs.com/privacy.
Translate, Navigate, and Shop
SPECS can also help you translate a conversation, find your way around a new city, or see how a new purchase would fit in your home.
With Translation, SPECS AR glasses can overlay closed captions when someone speaks in a different language. Supporting 60 languages, SPECS tracks the speaker, translates their words into your language of choice, and displays subtitles directly in your field of view.
Navigation on SPECS AR glasses takes on a whole new dimension. While walking, you can input a destination or, for a hands-free experience, tell SPECS where you want to go. You'll get directions overlaid on the world with optional voice guidance. The guidance arrows move with you as you go to keep you heading in the right direction.
And with Tripadvisor, when you're out in the world SPECS can help you find nearby restaurants, landmarks, and experiences, get recommendations in the moment, translate reviews and local phrases, and convert currency.
SPECS AR glasses make online shopping more immersive and practical. Powered by the Shopify Catalog, you can browse products in 3D and place them at full scale in the room around you to see how a potential purchase would fit in your home. When you're ready to buy, you can checkout and purchase right from the retailer's website.
A Workspace Around You
SPECS can transform almost any location into an immersive, flexible workspace. SPECS can connect to your computer wirelessly, expanding your workstation beyond the boundaries of a traditional desktop.
Experiences like Whiteboard turn any room into an area for brainstorming and organizing. Whiteboard makes it easy to brainstorm, organize workflows, create diagrams, and more from wherever you are. And SPECS support bluetooth peripherals like keyboards, making it easy to edit documents on-the-go from anywhere.
For businesses, we are partnering with a wide range of enterprise partners including Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, Trifork, Hololight, and more to bring SPECS capabilities directly to where work happens. The majority of jobs aren't desk jobs. With SPECS enterprise partners, we are bringing computing beyond the desk to support use cases across store floors, inside factories, or in the field, where workers need their hands free and their eyes up.
To learn more about SPECS Enterprise offerings, head here.
Stay Powered and Connected
To help you stay connected even when you're away from Wi-Fi, we're introducing a new SPECS Charging Case with Cellular. Sold separately, it provides four additional charges and offers cellular connectivity from leading wireless carriers around the world, so you can stay powered and connected wherever you go.
In the US, we're partnering with Verizon to make it easier for people to try, buy, and stay connected with SPECS AR glasses. With Verizon, SPECS customers will have access to custom data plans, flexible financing, intuitive digital setup, and hands-on experiences in select Verizon stores.
The SPECS Connected Case bundle will be available for $2,395. Verizon will offer eligible customers financing options, including a 36 month payment plan. Connected Wearable data plans are available from $10/month for Verizon customers and from $20/month for non-Verizon customers.
We’re also partnering with global carriers, including Orange in France, and EE in the UK. Data plans will be available through the respective carrier partners, with pricing details to come.
Try SPECS for Yourself
The experiences we're sharing today are just a starting point. Developers have been building alongside us throughout this journey, and we look forward to continuing to make Lens creation and creativity easy and accessible through Lens Studio.
The best way to truly understand SPECS AR glasses is to try them. Beginning October 1, the SPECS First Look will be available at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles. There, you can experience SPECS in person, meet members of the team, and check out what we're building. As more experiences become available, the SPECS First Look will evolve, with new content and reasons to come back throughout the holiday season.
Shipping is expected to begin later this fall in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. To learn more and pre-order SPECS for $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit, visit SPECS.com.
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- Sep 16, 2026
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Introducing SPECS Intelligence
Snapchat introduces SPECS Intelligence, an anticipatory AI service for iPhone, Mac, and SPECS AR glasses that surfaces relevant info and actions across daily life. It also adds Corners and Goals, and opens a U.S. iOS preview with privacy protections and Google account insights.
Introducing SPECS Intelligence
Today, we introduced SPECS Intelligence, a new anticipatory AI service designed to work across iPhone, Mac, and SPECS augmented reality (AR) glasses. SPECS Intelligence helps you manage what needs attention today, so you can make progress toward your longer-term goals.
SPECS Intelligence builds an understanding of your goals, priorities, relationships, and routines from the apps and tools you choose to connect. The service is designed to carry that personal context across devices and deepens its understanding over time, helping you move between work, personal responsibilities, and the things you care about.
SPECS Intelligence is designed to anticipate when help would be useful and surface relevant information and actions without waiting for a prompt. Before a meeting, it could highlight decisions to make, questions to ask, and things to remember. For an upcoming trip, it could bring together flight, hotel, and dinner plans while flagging a work deadline that falls during the visit.
The broader experience also includes Corners, which organize areas of your life such as work and family, and Goals, which help you set and track what you want to achieve. Together, these experiences are designed to connect everyday tasks with the broader priorities that matter to you.
While you do not need SPECS AR glasses to use SPECS Intelligence, with SPECS your personal context extends into the physical world by bringing relevant information directly into view. For example, when you're traveling, say “Hey SPECS,” to see relevant flight details, hotel information, reservations, and reminders in your field of view. Or before going to work, ask SPECS about your day to get a full daily briefing that gives you a schedule overview and provides meeting prep where possible.
Privacy and SPECS Intelligence
You choose what you connect and what information SPECS Intelligence can use. SPECS Intelligence is designed so Snap personnel cannot view or access the personal content you use with the service. Personal content from connected accounts will not be used to train or fine-tune Snap’s AI models, or to serve personalized ads.
SPECS Intelligence uses on-device processing and secure cloud infrastructure, with security protections wherever data is processed.
Learn more about our approach to privacy at specs.com/privacy.
Early Access and Preview
You can join the waitlist for early access at specs.com/intelligence or within the SPECS app. The full early-access experience will be offered exclusively through the SPECS Mac app, by invitation only. As access rolls out, selected users will receive an email invitation to sign in on Mac and connect their everyday apps.
Starting today, anyone 18+ in the U.S. can download the SPECS app for iOS and try the SPECS Intelligence preview with no invitation required. By connecting your Google account, you will be able to discover insights about where you spend your time and attention, based on Gmail and Google Calendar. The mobile preview focuses on these personal insights; it does not include the broader service’s anticipatory suggestions or actions.
Download the SPECS mobile app here to get started today.
Original source - Sep 15, 2026
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v4.7.2
Mastodon releases v4.7.2 with security hardening and a set of stability fixes, including upload, status, account, notification, and email improvements plus guidance for upgrading safely.
Changelog
Security
Temporarily disable HEIF support
Fixes
Fix relative privacy policy links in subscription emails (#40486 by @crafkaz)
Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix 500 error when trying to upload a non-custom-filter JSON import (#40449 and #40451 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix 500 error when submitting a status twice (#40439 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix self-deleted accounts not being un-deleted when using tootctl accounts create --reattach (#40430 by @mjankowski)
Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.7.2, use git fetch && git checkout v4.7.2.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.6.0.
Ruby: 3.3 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 22 or newer
libvips: 8.13 or newer
FFMpeg: 5.1 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.7.0.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.7.0 release notes.
Restart all Mastodon processes
Original source - Sep 15, 2026
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v4.6.8
Mastodon releases v4.6.8 with a security change to temporarily disable HEIF support and several fixes for email privacy policy links, user freezing and approval, duplicate status posting, account deletion reports, and notification cleanup.
Changelog
Security
Temporarily disable HEIF support
Fixes
Fix relative privacy policy links in subscription emails (#40486 by @crafkaz)
Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix 500 error when submitting a status twice (#40439 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.6.8, use git fetch && git checkout v4.6.8.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.6.0.
Ruby: 3.3 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 22 or newer
libvips: 8.13 or newer
FFMpeg: 5.1 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.6.7.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.6.0 release notes.
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Sep 15, 2026
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v4.5.18
Mastodon releases a security update that temporarily disables HEIF support and fixes several issues, including canonical email blocks, account deletion reports, and notification cleanup during bulk deletions.
Changelog
Security
Temporarily disable HEIF support
Fixes
Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.5.18, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.18.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.
Ruby: 3.2 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 20.19 or newer
libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.5.16.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.5.0 release notes.
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Sep 15, 2026
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v4.4.25
Mastodon releases 4.4.25 with security and reliability fixes, including temporarily disabling HEIF support and correcting email block, account deletion, and notification cleanup issues, while also pointing administrators to the newer 4.6 release.
Note
While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.6 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.6 version when they can.
Changelog
Security
Temporarily disable HEIF support
Fixes
Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.4.25, use git fetch && git checkout v4.4.25.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:
- Ruby: 3.2 or newer
- PostgreSQL: 13 or newer
- Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
- LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
- Redis: 6.2 or newer
- Node: 20 or newer
- libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
- ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.4.24.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.4.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Sep 15, 2026
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Introducing Meta One: A Subscription Service With More Features and AI to Create, Connect, and Stand Out
Facebook introduces Meta One, a global subscription service for individuals, creators, and businesses that expands self-expression, AI usage, and professional tools across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI. Plans start with new feature bundles and more creative capabilities.
Plans for Individuals and AI Power Users
Today, we’re introducing Meta One: a new subscription service that brings more value to the apps and experiences billions of people already use — with plans for individuals, creators, and businesses.
Meta One gives subscribers more self-expression features and AI usage, helps creators spend more time creating and less time guessing, and gives businesses new tools designed to help them grow. The core experience across our apps and Meta AI has always been free, and that’s not changing. Subscriptions unlock more specialized capabilities and expanded AI usage that go beyond what a free experience built for billions can offer.
We’re launching with more than 50 features on Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Meta AI, and will expand to Edits, AI glasses, and more over time.
Earlier this year, we launched Meta One single product plans — Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus — offering exclusive new features that enable more connection and creativity on Instagram and Facebook and more organization and personalization on WhatsApp.
These plans are seeing strong retention and we’re continuing to grow them. Instagram Plus recently added custom DM and Story fonts, notifications when certain people view your Story, and DM previews. Facebook Plus is adding customization options for Messenger, offering more Reels insights, and expanding super reactions to Reels and Feed posts. WhatsApp Plus will soon test storage for chat and media backups and Focus Schedules, which help you protect the time that matters most by muting or hiding chats on a schedule.
Meta One goes even further with Core and Premium bundle plans, which combine the features from our single product plans with more usage of some of our most compute-intensive AI capabilities.
This means more media generation with Meta AI, including creating and editing images and generating videos powered by Muse models, and more use of in-app AI tools like Restyle on Instagram.
Meta AI will still be free for everyday use — Core and Premium are for people who want even more creative freedom from our AI tools. In early testing, more than half of subscribers engaged with both AI and expression features in our bundled plans, with AI features like Restyle and voice effects on Instagram among the top reasons people subscribed.
Plans for Creators and Businesses
Growing an audience and running a business on social media takes constant work — from creating content and staying on top of what’s resonating to standing out with new audiences. Meta One creator and business plans put more professional tools and AI directly into the apps your audience and customers already use, so you can manage your presence without having to set up a new account or download a new app.
Meta One offers new features that help you establish your presence and turn attention into action: an enhanced profile that showcases your website, locations, and what people say about you; a bold follow button on your reels; and follow invitations sent automatically to people who engage with your content. Plus, respond to customers day and night with more access to Meta Business Agent.
We’ll continue to add features and agent skills built to help small businesses and creators with end-to-end marketing, business operations, content creation, and optimization. For example, soon we’ll bring Edits Plus to Meta One, a new product plan that offers more cloud storage so you can sync and access projects across devices, plus additional usage of the upcoming Edits assistant, which helps you analyze your Instagram insights and brainstorm new ideas.
How to Get Started
Meta One plans are now available globally and start at just $2.99 a month for single products, $7.99 a month for individual bundles, and $14.99 a month for creator and business bundles.
Single product plans
Instagram Plus ($3.99/mo): Express yourself, connect more deeply with friends, and customize your experience in new ways.
WhatsApp Plus ($2.99/mo): Stay organized and express your personality with exclusive themes and icons, special effect stickers, and the ability to pin more chats.
Facebook Plus ($3.99/mo): Make Facebook yours and supercharge your experience with features like custom app icons, super hearts, and more.
Bundle plans for individuals and AI power users
Core ($7.99/mo): Restyle more Stories on Instagram, use voice effects and creative tools more often, and generate more images and videos with Meta AI. Plus, express yourself in more ways with our individual app features (Instagram Plus, WhatsApp Plus, Facebook Plus).
Premium ($19.99/mo): Everything in Core, with the most room to create content with Meta AI and across our family of apps.
Bundle plans for businesses and creators
Essential (starting at $14.99/mo): Establish yourself and build confidence with new audiences. Get tools to manage your presence and more access to Meta Business Agent on WhatsApp to respond to customers 24/7. Plus, a verified badge, verified channel on WhatsApp Business app, and impersonation protection so people know you’re who you say you are (pending successful verification).
Advanced (starting at $49.99/mo): Invest in professional-grade tools. Advanced publishing features like scheduling stories up to 30 days in advance, links in organic posts and reels, exportable analytics, and deeper audience insights. Give team members access to your account without sharing your password and get more linked devices and business broadcast credits on WhatsApp. Plus, even more Meta Business Agent responses.
Expert (starting at $149/mo) and Max (starting at $499/mo): Scale and optimize. These plans include our highest levels of feature access and Meta Business Agent capacity for teams managing at scale.
Plans, benefits, pricing, and availability may vary by region, by app, and by account. To see the specific features available to your account, start the subscription process.
Learn more about Meta One by heading to the Meta One website.
Original source - Sep 10, 2026
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Changelog - September 10, 2026
Reddit adds feed splitting, new Ask search results, stronger anti-spam and self-harm report protections, updated shopping tests, and new moderator tools. It also tightens reposting and notification behavior while rolling out bug fixes across web, iOS, iPad, and Android.
Redditor Updates
Splitting your home feed into a For You and Following feed
What’s changing?
We are re-launching an experiment that splits your home feed into two separate feeds - For You and Following. For You is an adaptation of your existing home feed, whereas Following is a dedicated feed of just the conversations happening from communities you are a part of or users you follow.
Based on initial feedback from the first version of this experiment, we have refined the experiment and are now adding in logic that allows you to more easily default into your preferred feed. For example, if you end your Reddit session in the Following feed, the next time you open Reddit you will be defaulted into your Following Feed, no matter how much later you visit.
When is this change happening?
This will be an experiment for a small subset of global users on all platforms, starting September 2, 2026.
Ask tab in search results
What’s changing?
We’ll experiment with adding a new Ask tab in search results next to existing tabs - All, Posts, Communities, Comments, Media, and Profiles. This new tab will provide easy access to AI search results of your query so you can get a quick, summarized answer to what people on Reddit are saying.
When is this change happening?
This will be an experiment for a small subset of global users on all platforms, starting mid September.
2024.42.0 or older app versions won’t be able to contact mods via mod mail
What’s changing?
If you’re using an app version of 2024.42.0 or older, you won’t be able to contact moderators via mod mail and will need to update to the latest version of the app to do so. If impacted, you’ll see a message asking you to update your app to message with mods since this version is no longer supported.
When is this change happening?
This change is out now on iOS and Android.
Preventing self-harm report abuse
What’s changing?
We’re improving how we handle false self-harm or suicide reports to help prevent spamming folks with RedditCaresResources content and filling up mod queues with noise. When we determine a report is abusive, no RedditCaresResources message will be sent, the report won’t go into the mod queue and the reporter will get a warning. If you receive a warning, you’ll be able to appeal it.
When is this change happening?
We’re starting to roll this out over the next few weeks on all platforms.
Reducing automated spam and clarifying removals
What’s changing?
We’re taking another step toward greater transparency and stronger controls around automated activity on Reddit. We want people to have more clarity when content comes from automation that violates our rules, while reducing the reach of content from accounts using automation that hasn’t been verified. We’re making two key updates:
- We’ll exclude posts and comments from accounts that have been prompted to verify they’re human or register their automation but have not yet completed either step from recommendations.
- We’ll clarify when a post or comment has been removed because it came from an automated account that violated our spam rules, instead of showing only a “Removed by Reddit” message.
When Reddit identifies an account as using automation in violation of our rules and removes its content for spam, people who visit an affected post or comment directly may see a message explaining that it was removed because it violated Reddit Rule 8, which covers automated accounts.
This update applies only to a limited set of accounts and posts and comments. It does not apply to all bots, all AI-assisted content, or every spam removal. We’re starting with a limited set of high-confidence, rule-violating content and will expand the experience gradually as we validate it.
When is this change happening?
This update will begin rolling out for eligible posts and comments this month on reddit.com, iOS, and Android.
Testing new shopping categories
What’s changing?
We’re expanding testing of new shopping experiences to include Home & Garden and Fashion & Apparel products, building on our testing with Electronics and Health & Beauty since this summer with select US redditors.
As a reminder, these experiences help redditors explore products discussed on Reddit.
Redditors in the test will see popular product names highlighted in conversations. Tapping a name opens a product deep dive with an AI-powered summary of Reddit conversations and direct quotes about the product. For products in business-provided catalogs, deep dives also include an image, pricing, and a link to buy on the brand’s or retailer’s site.
Deep dives are also accessible through AI search. Product or category questions like “best noise-canceling headphones” or “best moisturizer for sensitive skin” will show a related products carousel at the bottom of the results. Tapping a product opens its deep dive.
When is this change happening?
Early to mid September on all platforms.
Moderator Updates
Introducing Community Guidance for new community builders
What’s changing?
We’re launching a new Community Guidance experience for newly created communities. Community Guidance gives new mods a clearer path for getting their community up and running, with a checklist of recommended actions and milestones to work through as they build their community.
The goal is to make those first few weeks a little less “okay, now what?” and give new mods a better sense of what to focus on next.
When is this change happening?
We’ll begin rolling out Community Guidance to newly created communities in the coming weeks.
Rules Hub September updates
What’s changing?
Starting on September 9, 2026, we’re expanding access to Rules Hub and making improvements that’ll allow Rules Hub to support more community rules.
Updates include the following:
- Expanding Rules Hub to communities that don’t currently have any Automod configurations.
- Expanding access to mods who recently signed up for the Rules Hub early access program. Mods can sign up for the program here.
- Rolling out improvements to model performance, allowing Rules Hub to cover some rules it couldn’t previously support. As coverage improves, some rules that were previously turned off may now be enabled. We’ll reach out directly to any impacted communities before this happens.
When is this change happening?
Roll out started on September 9, 2026 and will happen over the course of September.
Removing the ability to repost content from SFW communities into NSFW communities
What’s changing?
We’ve made a change where content in safe for work (SFW) communities can’t be reposted into not safe for work (NSFW) communities.
When is this change happening?
This update has been rolled out on all platforms.
Reply notifications delayed in communities where content filters are enabled
What’s changing?
We are delaying reply notifications by a few seconds for communities where content filters, like Reddit’s harassment or mature content filters, are enabled. This gives our filters time to run so when a reply is removed, the notification isn’t sent. This update ensures that mods and redditors alike are protected from seeing harmful content in their push, inbox, or email notifications.
When is this change happening?
This change is out now on all platforms.
Bug Fixes
Bug: [Android] Some users experienced unexpected logouts when opening the app
The fix: Impacted users will no longer experience unexpected logouts when opening the app.
Fixes have rolled out across app versions 2026.35.0 and 2026.36.0. Please upgrade to version 2026.36.0 if you’re still experiencing issues with unexpected logouts.Bug: [iPad] Some navigation buttons disappeared after interacting with a comment reply notification
The fix: Navigation buttons will now remain visible after interacting with a comment reply notification.Bug: [Web] The date of the last Modmail message sometimes appeared as “today” when it was actually yesterday
The fix: The date of the last Modmail message will now display correctly.Bug: [Web] Automod version history displayed u/[deleted] in place of a username
The fix: Automod version history will now display the correct username instead of u/[deleted].Note: This is not a complete list of all recent bug fixes. If you’d like to report a new or persistent bug, head over to r/bugs.
If a bug listed here is not yet fixed for you, please ensure that you’re updated to the most recent Android or iOS app version, or refresh your browser.
Original source - Sep 10, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Sep 10, 2026
Making Plans IRL Just Got Easier on Snapchat
Snapchat introduces Snapchat Plans, a new suite of features for creating, sharing, and managing real-world plans with friends in chat. It adds invitations, RSVP tracking, plan details, a My Plans hub, and an Our Plans view, with event creation from chat coming soon.
IRL meet-ups often start from a simple spark of conversation: A message turns into an idea, an idea turns into a plan, and time spent together becomes a memory. That’s why today we are introducing Snapchat Plans, a new suite of features that gives Snapchatters a new way to create, share, and manage their real-world plans with friends, all in one place. Right where they are already chatting!
Now, Snapchatters can:
- Send and receive invitations from mutual friends
- Track key details like time, date, and attendees
- Keep plans in one easy-to-find place
- And soon, Snapchatters will be able to create events directly within a chat
Snapchat has always been where friendships stay close, and conversations stay active. And increasingly, it’s where plans begin. 35% of recently surveyed U.S. Snapchatters ages 13–24 say they use group chat to make plans and organize events. Snapchat Plans builds on those existing behaviors by giving friends a dedicated way to organize everything from birthday celebrations and sporting events to study sessions and weekend hangouts.
Creating a Snapchat Plan is simple. Snapchatters can add a title, choose a date and time, invite up to 200 friends, and personalize their event with dynamic Bitmoji-powered cover art that automatically updates as the plan comes together. Invitations are then delivered directly within a one-on-one chat with each invited friend, where guests can quickly RSVP with Going, Maybe, or Can't Go without interrupting the conversation.
Plans are also easy to revisit whenever you need them. A brand new My Plans section on your Profile lets you quickly browse all your current, upcoming, and past Snapchat Plans in one place. When viewing a Friendship Profile, you'll also see an Our Plans section that highlights the events you share with that friend, making it easy to start scheduling your next get-together.
Once a Snapchat Plan is created, hosts can view who's attending, invite additional friends, or update details as needed. Guests can view the full guest list, update their RSVP at any time, and receive a reminder 1 hour before the event starts, helping everyone stay on the same page from the first invite through the day of the event.
Like conversations on Snapchat, Snapchat Plans are private and invite-only, giving friends a familiar and trusted place to coordinate the moments that matter most. No more missed get-togethers because of buried messages, lost details, or forgetting to create an invitation. Snapchat Plans make it easier to organize these special in-person moments with your friends. Because when planning is easier, showing up is easier, and that’s where the best moments happen.
Happy hanging!
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