India, Jan. 7 -- Meta has started testing the idea of adding games to private Threads conversations, beginning with a simple basketball game. The company confirmed that it is working on an internal version of the feature, but said it is not yet available to users. Meta described the game as a prototype that remains under review and has not reached the public testing stage.

The basketball game first came to light after it was discovered by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi (via TechCrunch), who often tracks early versions of features still under development. He shared an image that showed a basketball game running inside a chat window. The game appears to allow users to score points by swiping on the screen to throw a virtual ball into ...