Twitter For iOS Gets Significant Update Along With New Logo
July 10, 2012
The official Twitter app for iOS, as expected, has received a significant update. The major app update is now available in the App Store.
First released in October 2009, the universal Twitter app was last revised in April, when it received a new design and other changes for the social network’s Discover feature.
Twitter Version 4.3 includes a number of new features, including those focused on interactivity, enhanced notifications, and more.
Full features include:
Twitter for iOS is available in the App Store.
- Expanded Tweets: when you view Tweet details containing links to partner websites, you can now see content previews, view images, play videos and more [please note: this feature is rolling out gradually]
- Enhanced experience around selected events with the best Tweets and photos from those involved
- Push notifications for Tweets: choose to receive notifications from people you follow anytime they tweet or retweet
- Ambient notifications: enables you to see brief non-interruptive notifications in the status bar while you are using the app
- Improvements to search autocomplete for users
- Discover: now indicates when new stories are available for you to view
- Tappable avatars that take you directly to user profiles
- Performance improvements
- Support for password entry in app when experiencing authentication issues
- Hungarian language support
- Updated with new Twitter bird
- Many other tweaks, polish, and bug and crasher fixes