The popular micro-blogging platform Twitter today announced a newly redesigned search experience on iOS, Android and on Twitter.com. However, shortly after a technology blog reported on the news, Twitter briefly pulled its announcement post [1]  (it’s live again), a sign that the new features may have prematurely leaked.
From what we know, the enhanced experience will be deployed across iOS and Android apps as well as on the web to help you find relevant tweets, trends and people to follow in a single stream…
TechCrunch [2] scooped the story, noting that the new search is “very similar to the experience that we’re starting to see make its way to the web siteâ€.
Twitter said its iOS and Android apps will be updated later today with a dedicated magnifying glass icon providing quick access to search features from anywhere in the app, rather than having to tap through the Interactions tab.
We’ve also added a new search button to Twitter for iPhone, letting you search from anywhere within the app. This button was already available in the Android and iPad apps. Look for the magnifying glass icon next to the button you use to compose a Tweet.
Clicking a URL in a tweet will directly open it from any timeline, as opposed to just expanding the tweet. All of the tweets, activity, trends and account suggestions will be presented as a single stream in the Discover tab and the Connect tab will now default to Interactions, with the ability to tell the app to optionally list your mentions only.
Here’s the full changelog.
Discover: Now all the content in Discover â€" Tweets, Activity, Trends and suggestions of accounts to follow â€" appears in a single stream, on both iPhone and Android. You can also dive into Activity and Trends from new previews at the top of the Discover tab.
Search: Search results now surface the most relevant mix of Tweets, photos, and accounts, all in one stream (similar to the stream in Discover). We’ve also added a new search button to Twitter for iPhone, letting you search from anywhere within the app. (This button was already available in the Android and iPad apps.) Look for the magnifying glass icon next to the button you use to compose a Tweet.
Connect: To provide a simpler experience in the Connect tab, the default view is now Interactions, which shows you new followers, retweets and mentions. If you prefer to view only your mentions in Connect, you can adjust the default in settings â€" find the “Connect tab†option and select “Mentions onlyâ€.
Links: Click a URL in a Tweet to go directly to that website from any timeline and get to content highlighted on Twitter faster. (Previously, when you tapped any part of a Tweet, it would first expand and then a second click was required to get to the website.)
The native Twitter app is free to download from the App Store [3]  and Google’s Play Store [4] .
I’ll be keeping an eye on the App Store and update this article as soon as the new version goes live.
Links
- ^ announcement post (blog.twitter.com)
- ^ TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
- ^ App Store (click.linksynergy.com)
- ^ Play Store (play.google.com)
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