Twitter App Is Getting a Redesign to Prominently Feature Spaces: Report

Twitter is reportedly redesigning its app to incorporate a brand new devoted tab for Twitter Spaces. The new tab is alleged to be beneath testing for iOS customers. The characteristic will see Twitter Spaces get the center spot within the navigation bar on the backside, which is able to now host 5 tabs. The replace can be rolled out to pick customers presently with a broader rollout deliberate for later. Additionally, the microblogging platform has began rolling out Twitter Blue subscription service in Australia and Canada. The subscription service will give paid customers unique options to undo tweets and customise the app.

TechCrunch reports that Twitter is redesigning its cell apps to include a Twitter Spaces discovery tab within the navigation bar, between the search magnifying glass and notification bell icons. The format was first spotted by reverse engineering knowledgeable Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) final month.

As per the report, solely 500 customers who have been part of the Twitter Spaces beta programme will get the brand new characteristic initially with the rollout having began on June 3. After the beta check is full, Twitter is alleged to conduct a broader rollout of the brand new Spaces discovery tab.

The report cites info obtained from Twitter to say that Spaces will not be seen on the high of the timeline prefer it shows Fleets. Instead, the Spaces discovery tab can be offered in a extra visible method, akin to the promotional playing cards that appeared when tweeting about Spaces. Twitter additionally reportedly mentioned that it goals to vary the best way Spaces could be found on its app as dwell occasions could be exhausting to maintain observe of.

Users may even be capable of view energetic Spaces in additional element, together with names of Spaces, hosts, and members a consumer is following. Reminders will also be set for scheduled Spaces so Twitter can notify customers about them and achieve suggestions on which Spaces its customers are extra serious about. At launch, the social media platform solely allowed customers with a minimal of 600 followers to host Spaces and that hasn’t modified with the addition of the brand new Spaces discovery tab for its cell apps.

Twitter has additionally launched one other characteristic for Spaces. Users will now get a purple circle round their profile footage that can be seen to different customers on their timelines. The purple circle will point out that the consumer is actively utilizing the Spaces characteristic, just like the blue circle that seems when a consumer uploads a Fleet.

On Thursday, June 3, Twitter additionally announced the discharge of Twitter Blue subscription for customers in Australia and Canada. The price for the subscription is AUD 4.49 (roughly Rs. 250) and CAD 3.49 (roughly Rs. 210), respectively. According to the itemizing on Apple’s App Store, the subscription will price $2.99 (roughly Rs. 220) within the US. There is not any affirmation when customers in different areas will be capable of subscribe to Twitter Blue.

The Twitter Blue subscription will supply customers the power to set a timer of 30 seconds, giving them a window to undo and edit a tweet earlier than it’s posted. The service may even allow customers to avoid wasting their tweets in a bookmark folder, making it simpler to search out previous tweets. A brand new “reader mode” will allow customers to simply learn lengthy threads of a number of tweets.