Twitter for Android app updated with improved photo-sharing and more

On the Twitter blog, Matt Belland writes that a user can crop photos by selecting an aspect, for instance one can select a square or a wide aspect to crop the image. Belland also writes that one can rotate an image in order to ensure that it fits in 'nicely' with the tweet. Once the photo has been uploaded, the user even gets a @mention reminder to mention friends so that they check on the photo uploaded.

In addition, a user can also find out about events more easily, trending topics and people as they are happening. Belland says, with the new update, when a user pulls down the home timeline to refresh it, and in the event that there are no new tweets to load, the user will see recommended tweets, trending topics and new accounts to follow. TV sports and news updates will be available only in the US. A user can join a conversation by tapping on the screen to see more tweets.

In addition, Belland also wrote on the blog that an updated Twitter for iPhone app will be released soon, bringing the same features. However, no date has been mentioned. The following are listed as updates to the Twitter app on the Google Play store:

•  Easily mention other users when you Tweet a photo.

•  Improvements to the photo cropping and image rotation

•  Better login verification.

• When you've read all the latest tweets, pull to refresh and see recommendations for new content on Twitter