Twitter app update for iOS and Android brings new composer, rich notifications

Twitter has released updates for its iOS and Android apps bringing new features and a minor redesign.

The update a brings new features including picture previews in the tweet composer and easy access to picture gallery in the composer. The change reduces the number of steps involved in selecting and uploading pictures via the apps, as the tweet composer displays the pictures within the app. The tweet composer now also includes the user's profile picture and account name which was previously missing. It's also easier to add or remove the location as it can be now done right from the tweet box.

Twitter has also made user interface design changes in timeline view offering wider and taller timelines in all parts of the app including profiles, search, and discover. Previously there was a white border visible throughout.

The above features have been pushed to both the iOS as well as the Android app.

The update also includes richer notifications for Android users. With the update, users will now see more details about their interactions on Twitter right in the notifications drawer. They'll be able to swipe the notification to expand and see more details in the drawer.

The apps will also notify the user when their friends join Twitter.

Twitter had previously updated its apps, earlier this month. The update brought trends from over 100 new locations. The updated iOS app also allowed users to invite friends to join Twitter from within the app. In addition to this, the Twitter iOS app version 5.6 also introduced improved playback of Vine videos along with some minor bug fixes.

Twitter had recently introduced two-factor authentication to beef up security following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion.