Twitter Launches Updated Version of iOS App With New Support Features


By: Ali Raza  |   March 7th, 2013   |   iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Tablets

iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users have been waiting for quite a while for Twitter to update its app for the Apple devices and the the popular micro-blogging website has finally fulfilled their wish by bringing in the updated app. The latest edition of Twitter’s app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch now has a high quality search feature. Apart from this the most notable change that Twitter has brought to its latest app for iOS devices is that it has eradicated the video uploading functionality for Vodpod, Posterous and Mobypicture.  Therefore, it has made YFrog and Telly/TwitVid the exclusive services for uploading videos through the latest iOS app for Twitter.

 

In addition to this the latest “update includes enhancements to search and other improvements.

 

As you search you’ll see more topic and user suggestions for your query, based on what’s happening in real time. You’ll also see these suggestions when adding a hashtag or username as you compose a new Tweet.

 

Top Tweets from big moments in the past pop out when you search for a given term. For example, searching for “election” might highlight Tweets from several months ago.

 

When you open a web page you can now see the related Tweet for more context. Just pull the tray icon up or down to see or hide the Tweet.

 

It’s easier to see long conversations in the Tweet details view, which now shows all of the replies to any Tweet

 

When you block a user in the app, their Tweets will instantly disappear from the Connect tab in the app

 

Pull-to-refresh in Discover shows a new, smoother animation

 

Support for traditional Chinese

 

Logout support (iOS 6 only)

 

Uploading videos vie Mobypicture, Vodpod and Posterous is no longer supported

 

Additional bug fixes and improvements.”

 

Another notable change in the new iOS app of Twitter is that “support for traditional Chinese,” has been added, according to 9to5Mac. Furthermore, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users can now enjoy a longer view of conversations along with other tweaks in the interface. Plus a novel gesture will enable iOS users to see a related tweet more than before when they view a web page. 9to5Mac also reported that “The update features a larger and more timely presence of Top Tweets.”

 

Hopefully with all these new changes Twitter’s iOS app will be able to impress its users more than ever.

 

Source: 9to5Mac

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