Twitter for Web Will Now Stay on the Last Timeline Tab You Visited, iOS and Android Update to Follow Soon

Twitter has altered the way in which the “For You” and “Following” timeline tabs on its homepage operate. It introduced on Wednesday that the Web model of the social media platform will now bear in mind the timeline a person was final on. On their return to the location, the person can be greeted by the timeline tab they’d final opened. This function will quickly make its option to the iOS and Android variations of Twitter. The Elon Musk-owned microblogging platform had been defaulting to the ‘For You’ tab when customers returned to the location.

Twitter introduced Wednesday that Twitter for Web will return customers to the “For you” or “Following” tabs, relying on the tab they’d final opened earlier than exiting. Twitter CEO Elon Musk had just lately shared the social media platform’s intentions to introduce these modifications quickly. Twitter says that this modification will quickly even be mirrored within the iOS and Android variations of Twitter.

Were any of you (all of you) asking in your timeline to default to the place you left it final?

Starting immediately on net, when you shut Twitter on the “For you” or “Following” tabs, you’ll return to whichever timeline you had open final. iOS and Android coming quickly! https://t.co/uKz9DpNRux

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 24, 2023

Musk additionally revealed that Twitter was engaged on giving customers the flexibility to customize the positions of timeline tabs within the app. Currently, the “For You” tab sits on the highest left-hand aspect of the homepage, with the “Following” tab subsequent to it on the fitting. He additionally introduced that Twitter customers can now bookmark tweets instantly from the tweet particulars web page. The app will quickly embrace help for displaying the variety of customers who’ve bookmarked a specific tweet.

Another new function will quickly be making its option to Twitter as properly. It is engaged on routinely translating and recommending tweets to customers in different nations. Musk revealed that tweets can be translated earlier than being advisable to customers.

Twitter has seen a number of modifications ever since Musk’s takeover in October final 12 months. A latest update to its developer phrases has reportedly banned all third-party shoppers on the microblogging platform. This transfer has successfully killed standard shoppers like Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Fenix. Several builders have already introduced that they’re halting growth on their functions.