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Meta is expanding the Forum app for Facebook groups with several new features. These include a new community role, AI-powered answers via "Ask" and topic labels for group posts.
Forum has been in testing since May 2026 and is currently available in the USA for iOS and Android. The app bundles existing Facebook groups in a dedicated interface and is meant to make discussions easier to find.
New community role on Forum and Facebook
Meta is testing a new role for particularly helpful group members. It replaces the previous contributor badges and the "Group Expert" role. Admins can assign the role directly; Meta also wants to suggest suitable members.
The test runs on Forum in the USA and at the same time on Facebook worldwide.
Ask searches groups with AI
The Ask feature highlights existing posts and comments from Facebook groups. It can also include public groups that a user has not yet joined.
New additions are comparisons between multiple options and suggested follow-up questions based on earlier searches. There are also topic labels that group posts by interests such as travel or food.
For community teams, the stronger structuring is especially interesting. Group content is no longer just distributed chronologically; through roles, topics and AI search it can resurface.
Meta is also changing other parts of Facebook at the same time. These include the test of a Facebook link limit and Meta One. For the basic planning of community and channel strategies, our guide to the social media target audience is also relevant.
For now only in the USA
The standalone Forum app is currently only available in the USA. The new role model, however, is also being tested globally on Facebook.
Source: Meta Newsroom