Twitter for iPhone is getting a huge update pretty soon, reports
9to5Mac. Apparently, certain app update screens of the new Twitter client (version 4.3) have been leaked in the iOS6 beta version of the App store.
As per the leaked app update notes, Twitter for iPhone seems to bring along more interactive tweet experiences with content previews, images, and videos from "partner websites". Also, selected events will be promoted and curated by the microblogging site.
Other features include improved autocomplete and search options as well as push notifications for Tweets. iOS users will be able to tap user icons to go directly to that user's Twitter profile. The icon will also change to the new Twitter bird.
There's no official word on when the update will release.
Leaked release notes:
- More interactive Tweet view experience: content previews, videos, images and more will now be shown within tweets containing links to "partner websites."
- Tweets about "selected events" will now be highlighted. Twitter will curate the relevant tweets and images
- In the Connect tab, autocomplete improvements will be now be present. Twitter rolled out something similar to their official website last week.
- Major push notifications enhancement: You will now be able to choose to receive push notifications when certain people tweet
- Like in Tweetbot, you will now be able to receive unobtrusive Twitter notifications while you are using the app.
- The Discover tab will now be able to alert users when new content is ready for perusal
- Personalized Trends
- You will now be able to tap a user's avatar to be taken to their profile page
- Improved performance
- You will now be able to manually input your password when having authentication issues
- Hungarian localisation
- Finally: the new Twitter logo will be featured on the icon (our image below is from iOS 6 Twitter integration)
- Also promised is a slew of other tweaks, more polish, and bug fixes