Twitter is unveiling a brand-new feature that will enable users to tweet memes, gifs, and images all at once. The new feature will be released on both iOS and Android.
According to the company, everyone would be able to share different sorts of media via a single tweet. Late on Wednesday, Twitter stated in a blog post, “This feature will roll out globally to iOS and Android, with a chance to see mixed media Tweets on the web.”
Earlier anyone who wished to share several media types had to do it through different Tweets. Now, when users post their Tweet, they may choose and post a mix of up to four different forms of media, including images, memes, GIFs, and videos. They can do so by clicking the photo icon in the Tweet composer on the Twitter application.
Through this new feature, users can also change the layout of their media while creating a Tweet. Alessandro Paluzzi, a reverse engineer, discovered the feature for the first time in April.
In addition to the option to post multiple media in a single tweet. Twitter also launched a vertical video experience similar to Instagram Reels in some countries. Twitter revealed that it would be releasing two improvements that would enhance the viewing experience for full-screen videos and combine video discovering with a new video carousel. Twitter made this announcement in a Tweet:
“Now on iOS, videos on your timeline will open in our full-screen immersive video player, where you can swipe up to keep discovering more content. Some of you on iOS and Android will also see recommended content in a new video carousel on the Explore “For You” page”.
Currently, the Explore tab video carousel assists users in discovering more videos as well as potentially interesting Tweets and Trends. This feature is currently accessible to users of Twitter on Android and iOS in a few selected nations. The improved immersive media viewer, according to the company, opens videos to a full-screen mode with a single click, enabling users to quickly get the complete, immersive viewing experience.
The company stated that the users of the Twitter app for iOS only needed to click or tap on a video to turn on this new feature. Twitter users noticed right away that this feature resembled the way they discovered and viewed videos on TikTok.
Recently, Twitter also introduced the new “Edit Button” feature for Twitter Blue users. in selected locations. Since Twitter Blue membership is not available in India, Indian Twitter users would have to wait a bit longer to enjoy the service. On October 3, Twitter sent a tweet post telling users that the Edit Button was now being made available to Twitter Blue subscribers in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.
Through this new feature selected users can now edit their tweets on Twitter, which was previously not available. The tweet will, however, include the time of the most recent edit at the bottom. Users can also view the complete history of the editing to see what has already been written in the tweet.
Twitter is continuously test out new features and gaining knowledge from users’ interactions with the service. With over 23.6 million active Twitter users as of January 2022, India makes up the third-largest global audience on Twitter.
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