As a few of you’ll have heard, Twitter made some modifications to the iOS app not too long ago. The corporate modified up the way in which we change between the chronological and algorithmic feed. Nicely, these modifications simply arrived to Android as nicely. Twitter for Android has acquired ‘For you’ and ‘Following’ tabs.
Twitter for Android will get new ‘For you’ & ‘Following’ tabs, for higher or worse
Now, some folks haven’t been too proud of the change, for a very good motive. Twitter mainly prevents you from setting your chronological feed as default with this transfer. If you kill the app, you’ll be switched again to ‘For you’ feed. That was not the case earlier than.
Earlier than, you needed to faucet the celebs icon within the top-right nook to change between the 2 feeds, and the app would keep in mind your selection. That change was far much less apparent, and many individuals didn’t find out about it, that’s true, however at the very least the app remembered.
This received’t be an issue in case your cellphone doesn’t kill your background apps continuously, otherwise you plan on locking Twitter in your multitasking menu, in fact (presuming your cellphone permits it). In that case, this can be an ideal resolution for you.
After all, some folks desire the algorithmic feed, at the very least typically, which is completely wonderful. So, this variation is each good and unhealthy. It made the choices much more apparent, however it eliminated the power for us to set the chronological feed to be the default one.
The view counts icon has additionally been moved
That’s not the one change, although. One smaller change additionally acquired carried out not too long ago. Twitter moved the view counts to the proper facet of the underside bar. That view stats choice was modified up not too long ago, and moved to be the primary icon on the left (backside bar), forward of feedback, retweets, and so forth.
Elon Musk launched a ballot not too long ago, to see the place customers need that choice to be. Most individuals voted for the proper facet of the underside bar, in order that’s the place Twitter moved it.