Twitter is testing a new feature on iOS to make it easy for users to switch between top tweets and the latest tweets. The tech company is always working on making the user experience better. For example, this year, the platform introduced new privacy settings to protect users’ activity. It also made it easier to remove unwanted followers and the person can now decide who can reply to their tweets. Twitter is also testing other features on iOS, including 4K and full-sized images, being able to share videos without retweeting and YouTube videos automatically playing on the timeline. At some point, these may be tested on Android phones too. Typically, social media companies roll out tests on iOS systems first.
Earlier this year, Facebook made updates to its News Feed. The tech giant launched a Favorites section for users to select up to 30 friends and pages to prioritize on their feed. As with Twitter users, people on Facebook also want to access the latest posts, so Facebook created the Feed Filter Bar for users to switch to chronologically sorted feed to see the most recent posts.
Twitter announced on its Twitter Support page that they are currently testing a way for users to swipe between two timelines, “Home” and “Latest.” On the Home feed, the Twitter algorithm sorts the tweets for the user. The Latest feed will show posts in reverse chronological order. At the moment, users can access the Latest feed by clicking on the stars on the right-hand corner in the app. Twitter will then prompt them to switch to the latest Tweets. They can also view content preferences. Users can repeat the same steps to return to Home. The tech company made this option available in 2018. Of course, Twitter was set up to show the latest tweets initially, but in 2015 the social media platform decided to implement an algorithm for its timeline.
What We Now About the Feature So Far
The new feature will appear at the top of the screen. Twitter tweeted a GIF to show what it will look like. The company wants to make it easier for users to just swipe between the feeds. This is good news for users who want a quicker way to see the latest tweets from their followers. According to The Verge, Some iOS users may already have access to this new feature for the test.
Twitter has not said if it plans to roll out the test to more iPhones or if it will test the feature on Androids or when it would do so.
