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The best way to stay up to date on current events and the latest stories, requires you to be a part of one of the world’s most popular social media communities. The Twitter app for Android is a great way to easily access your feed, send out tweets, and engage your followers.
The mobile version is much easier than going straight to the website. The interface is much more direct and notifications ribbons will appear on your device.
Tweet with 280 characters
Twitter for Android’s mobile interface is easy to navigate and provides all of the service’s standard functions. When you open the app, there are three screens displayed. From the main page, it is easy to follow and unfollow other users, tweet, and retweet from your feed.
To check out current trends, popular tweets, and suggested users, swipe left for the Discover tab. Access the Activity tab by swiping up; this will show you the activity of people that you have followed.
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Customisable news feeds
Like many other major social media platforms, Twitter has changed it’s a chronological timeline. Now it is based on an algorithm that gives visibility to specific tweets from popular sources and your personal interests.
Luckily, with this app, there is an easy way to customise your timeline. If you go to Settings and Privacy, then Content Preferences, you are rid of all of the recommendations. From then on, you will only see Tweets in reverse chronological order from the people that you follow.
Tweeting is straightforward; share links and up to 280 characters of text at a time, or roughly the length of this paragraph. Now you can share photos and videos from your device on Twitter. Your videos can last up to 30 seconds, a perfect length for the masses.
Will kill your data allotment
Twitter is a data-hungry app, if you leave it running in the background, or if you are always online. Recently, the developers have designed a data-saving tool, where it is possible to turn on a stream of data saving options all at once.
Under the data usage setting, you can choose whether videos only play when connected to WiFi, or you can limit the data that is syncing in the background. It is a practical feature for users with a limited plan.
Regularly deletes spam
There are a few changes that have been made to this version. Twitter has attempted to block spamming by limiting the number of accounts that you can follow per day; you used to be able to follow 1000 accounts, and now it is 400.
This Android application is essential for many professionals and any social media users. Anyone who wants to stay up to date with what is going on in the world should download it. This version functions smoothly and allows enough personalisation to fit your individual needs.
