Previously broken up by type, now all of the content from the Discover tab appears as a single stream in both the iPhone and Android apps, so you can see tweets, activity, trends, and suggestions of accounts to follow as a single content stream, rather than having to scroll past one group of content to get to another. Activity and Trend information can be launched by tapping on tiles at the top of the Discover page, both of which display a snapshot of that information. For instance, the Activity tile shows four people you follow who have recent activity on the service, while the Trend tile shows a few of the current trends.
Search results are also now displayed in a single stream, surfacing the “most relevant mix of tweets, photos, and accounts all in one stream.” Twitter also added a search button in the iPhone app, allowing you to perform searches from anywhere in the app, a feature already available in the iPad and Android versions.
Clicking a link within a tweet now takes you directly to that website, rather than expanding the tweet and then taking you the website. Definitely a useful feature for people who use Twitter as a news feed and want the ability to get to content a little quicker.
While Twitter officially announced the update on its website, neither the Android or iOS apps appear to be live in the store just yet.
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