Facebook apps: A guide to the different services under the Meta umbrella

• Facebook is the oldest platform under the Meta umbrella.
• The company has also acquired Instagram and WhatsApp.
• This year Meta launched Threads, a competitor of X (formerly known as Twitter).

In October 2021, Facebook became Meta, with the goal of the rebranding being to better reflect the company's focus on the Metaverse. However, the platform called Facebook did not get a name change. Facebook.com and the Facebook app are still called Facebook.