Twitter for iPhone and Android updated, brings Swipe shortcuts and lots of new features


Twitter has updated their iPhone and Android apps with lots of new features. Both the apps have Swipe shortcut that lets you reply, retweet, favorite or share it, or view the Twitter user’s profile just by swiping without leaving your timeline. Find friends now provides confirmation alert before uploading your contacts’ email addresses and phone numbers to add new friends.

New Features in Twitter for iPhone v4.1

  • Just Swipe to easily reply, retweet, favorite or share it, or view the Twitter user’s profile
  • Now you can just press and hold to copy /paste tweets and profiles
  • Press and hold actions on links in tweet details
  • Change the font size under Settings > Advanced
  • Direct Messages now mark all DMs as read
  • Confirmation alert for Find Friends
  • Improved startup time and general performance improvement
  • Improved image quality in tweet detail
  • Profile shows whether a user follows you
  • Verified badges in people search results
  • New Turkish language and lots of other polish and bug fixes
  • Accessibility improvements

New Features in Twitter for Android v3.1.0

  • Just Swipe to easily reply, retweet, favorite or share it, or view the Twitter user’s profile
  • Improved scrolling and network performance
  • Improved support for devices running Ice Cream Sandwich devices
  • Confirmation dialog for Find Friends
  • Security Improvements
  • New languages: Filipino, Simplified Chinese
  • Many other bug fixes, improvements, and polish

Twitter for Android now supports Android devices running Ice Cream Sandwich and Kindle Fire from Amazon Appstore. It would be available for Barnes & Noble NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet on February 23 though the Barnes & Noble NOOK Store.

Download Twitter for iPhone v4.1 from the Apple iTunes Store and Twitter for Android v3.1.0 from the Android Market for free.

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Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram