Major Twitter update (v4.3) coming to iOS soon

Posted on Jul 9 2012 - 1:57pm by Jonne Eilimö
Major Twitter update for iOS

Major Twitter update for iOS

9to5mac today received a tip that the official Twitter app for iOS is getting a rather massive update. The v4.3 release notes comes from the redesigned App Store found in the recent iOS 6 beta.

Here’s a list of features coming in Twitter v4.3 for iOS:

  • More interactive Tweet view experience: content previews, videos, images and more will now be shown within tweets containing links to “partner websites.”
  • Tweets about “selected events” will now be highlighted. Twitter will curate the relevant tweets and images
  • In the Connect tab, autocomplete improvements will be now be present. Twitter rolled out something similar to their official website last week.
  • Major push notifications enhancement: You will now be able to choose to receive push notifications when certain people tweet
  • Like in Tweetbot, you will now be able to receive unobtrusive Twitter notifications while you are using the app.
  • The Discover tab will now be able to alert users when new content is ready for perusal
  • Personalized Trends
  • You will now be able to tap a user’s avatar to be taken to their profile page
  • Improved performance
  • You will now be able to manually input your password when having authentication issues
  • Hungarian localization
  • Finally: the new Twitter logo will be featured on the icon
  • Also promised is a slew of other tweaks, more polish, and bug fixes
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Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently he is using a Nokia Lumia 920.