Twitter Testing Status Feature With Emoji for Limited Time: Report

Twitter has been noticed engaged on a brand new Status function by a couple of customers within the US and Australia. The new function, which is presently below improvement, permits Twitter customers to assign considered one of a number of predetermined labels to their tweets. Twitter confirmed to a publication that the corporate is testing the function on the microblogging platform for a restricted time. Reportedly, there aren’t any customized standing emojis allowed. The function seems much like Facebook’s older standing function which allowed customers to create a put up by including pre-written labels and textual content of their selection.

Twitter customers began posting tweets with the brand new Status function with one person posting a set of images displaying what it seems like. There is an inventory of predefined labels which include an emoji and a brief description. These embrace A Thread, Hot Take, Vacation Mode, Soon, and Travelling, amongst others. Tapping a predefined standing will reportedly return different tweets containing those self same phrases — much like hashtags on the platform and on Instagram.

Twitter confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s testing this function for a restricted time with a choose group in Australia and the US however didn’t reveal the scale of the group. “For a limited time, we are testing a feature that allows you to add a status topic from a predetermined list to your Tweets to provide more context for your followers. So whether you are about to drop a hot Tweet thread, share your shower thoughts, or have a bad case of the Mondays, your Tweets can better convey what you are up to.”

It is to be famous that the Status function was first delivered to gentle by identified reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong. She shared a screenshot of the function being examined as nicely and mentioned the function is codenamed “Vibe”.

These under-testing statuses and emojis appear underneath the Twitter person’s identify and solely applies to 1 tweet. The function might assist customers save characters whereas composing a tweet. The firm is but to disclose when the function will roll out to all customers.