Twitter has acquired Cover, creators of Android lockscreen app Cover Lock Screen. The app was launched back in October last year and still remains in beta. It lets you set number of lockscreens for different context such as home, in the car, at work, and when you’re out that changes depending on time or location. The company has added a lot of features since it launch. It recently updated the app with boost and drop apps by long-pressing on individual app icons and improvements.
Acquiring the Android lockscreen app creators could mean that Twitter might also release a lockscreen app like Facebook Home. We can also expect something completely new from Twitter. Cover had raised $1.7 million in funding, notes TechCrunch. Both these companies did not disclose the final amount of the deal.
Commenting on joining Twitter, the creators of Cover on their official blog, said
It’s been an incredible journey, a journey that we’re excited to announce is taking a turn today as we bring the Cover team to Twitter to take these ideas even further. Twitter, like Cover, believes in the incredible potential of Android. They share our vision that smartphones can be a lot smarter — more useful and more contextual — and together we’re going to make that happen. We’ll be building upon a lot of what makes Cover great, and we’re thrilled to create something even better at Twitter.
Cover has promised that Lock Screen app will be available in the Play Store for now and they will let the users know regarding any updates or changes.