Twitter App Update to Stop Displaying the 'For You' Tab by Default 2i2v68 Elon Musk Says

Twitter for iOS has also been updated with the ability to bookmark tweets with a single tap. 11v36

Written by David Delima | Updated: 21 January 2023 12:39 IST

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Twitter has made it easier for s to save tweets to view at a later date

Highlights

Twitter was recently updated with a 'For You' recommended feed
The app will stop pushing s towards the recommended feed
Twitter will also gain the ability to translate and recommend tweets

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Twitter will receive an update that will allow the app to the last feed a was viewing, the company's CEO Elon Musk revealed on Saturday. The microblogging service recently updated its Android and iOS apps with a "For You" feed with recommended tweets that is shown to s by default. Twitter will also allow s to bookmark tweets with a single tap from the details page. Musk also revealed that Twitter will translate and recommend tweets from s in other countries in the coming months.

In a series of tweets early on Saturday, Musk said that Twitter would be updated to whether a was on the recommended tweets feed (labelled For You), the Following feed, or your lists on the app and would stop switching them back to the curated feed. He also responded to a confirming that the company is working on the ability to customise the positions of these tabs in the app.

Next Twitter update will whether you were on For You (ie recommended), Following or list you made & stop switching you back to recommended tweets
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023

Musk also announced that the Twitter app has been updated to allow s to boomark tweets directly from the tweet details page. This shortens the process of bookmarking a tweet to a single tap.

Gadgets 360 was able to confirm that the feature has been rolled out on the latest version of Twitter for iOS. The app will add for showing the number of people that have bookmarked a tweet, according to the Twitter CEO.

Musk also teased a new feature that will be released in the coming months. Twitter will automatically translate and recommend tweets from s in other countries, he explained, adding that tweets will be translated before they are recommended to s."There are epic tweets in other countries every day (Japan especially)", he added.

In coming months, Twitter will translate & recommend amazing tweets from people in other countries & cultures
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023

Twitter recently updated its developer to ban all third-party clients on the microblogging platform, effectively killing popular Twitter clients like Tweetbot, Twitteriffic, and Fenix. Developers have already begun informing s that they have stopped development on their applications, while Tweetbot's developer has announced that they are working on a new app for Mastodon, the free and open-source service that s self-hosted social networking and has grown in popularity since Musk's takeover of Twitter last year.

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