Twitter has been making a concerted effort to move beyond just text. Back in September of this year, for example, it began testing the ability to send direct messages with audio. Of course, voice tweets are a thing now, too. And soon, audio chatrooms might proliferate the platform.
It's felt like a long time coming, but the Twitter-owned app Periscope has confirmed today it is shutting down.
Twitter has rolled back threaded replies because they made conversations harder to read. The vast majority of people who were included in a recent test of this feature considered threaded replies too difficult to use, prompting the company to pull the feature.
Fleets are a type of disappearing Tweet that Twitter integrated into its social media platform just this week. Fleets are visible to the user’s audience for a period lasting up to 24 hours, and if you haven’t already noticed, they appear at the top of your Twitter app user interface in the form of round circles with the user’s profile picture inside of them.
While Fleets are obviously Twitter attempting to stay relevant with addicting services like Snapchat, some users (myself included) don’t really care for the feature in the slightest. If you feel the same way and have a jailbroken handset at your disposal, then we think you might take a liking to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed FleetingChances by iOS developer Ian Welker.
Back in March, we first heard about "Fleets". This is Twitter's answer for ephemeral messaging, messages that disappear automatically over time.
Twitter's been conducting a limited test of a voice-tweeting feature since June, and now it's announced an expansion to more beta testers on iOS, a sign that voice-tweeting is nearing its public launch. In addition, it's acknowledged that a new transcription feature is in development.
Twitter's “read the article before you retweet it” prompt has been in testing with a limited number of Android users since this May. The feature appears to be ready for prime time as the company has now confirmed that it's "soon" coming to all users.
Twitter has kicked off another limited test of a feature designed to let you send a private voice message to someone through the app's Direct Messages feature.
Following a few months of testing, the official Twitter app for the iPhone and iPad has now implemented a new Share Tweet popup menu for easier tweet sharing.
Twitter is one of the most powerful social media platforms for reaching large volumes of people, and it’s also one of the best ways to stay informed via your favorite brands, friends, influencers, and special interests. Twitter knows they have one of the best platforms, but for whatever reason they impose silly limitations on users. Fortunately, jailbreakers aren’t confined to such productivity-stifling limitations.
BHTwitter is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer bandarhelal that unlocks a bevy of useful features in the official Twitter app that are normally barred to regular Twitter users. It’s a great way to get the most out of your Twitter user experience without waiting for the developers of the social media platform to wake up and smell the roses in terms of the features that users demand most.
Tweetbot is one of the most popular third-party Twitter apps out there for iOS, and now it supports expanded support for trackpads, making it even more helpful.
Twitter is currently testing a new optional feature that translates individual tweets in the feed automatically as long as they are written in a language that the account holder doesn’t speak.