Twitter is rolling out a refreshed person interface for DMs on Android • TechCrunch

Twitter is launching a redesigned person interface for DMs on Android, the corporate introduced on Friday. Beginning in the present day, Twitter customers on Android will see a extra trendy interface for direct messages that’s in step with the remainder of the app. With this roll out, Twitter is bringing the Android expertise on par with its iOS interface.

The refresh additionally brings an improved composer, in addition to higher Tweet forwarding, context for message requests and clearer learn receipts. The social community can also be introducing enhancements to the interface’s scrolling efficiency and responsiveness.

Now, when Android customers open up their DMs, they are going to now not see the boxy design that they’re used to. You’ll now additionally see when you have obtained message requests from folks you could know. The three-dot menu within the prime proper nook of the UI has additionally been changed with a Settings image.

Twitter says it noticed a necessity to enhance how folks use DMs on Twitter on Android units, which is why it determined to revamp the interface. The Android refresh is arguably lengthy overdue, contemplating that iOS customers have had entry to the redesign for fairly a while now, whereas Android customers have been caught with a considerably outdated one. 

The launch of the brand new interface comes as Twitter has been working to enhance the DM expertise for customers over the previous yr. In February, the corporate rolled out the power for customers to pin as much as six DM conversations to the highest of their inbox for straightforward entry. The social community additionally rolled out the choice for customers to seek for particular messages of their DMs in March.

Final final yr, Twitter made some long-awaited adjustments to DMs, together with the power to DM a tweet to a number of folks without delay in particular person conversations. Additionally, as a substitute of timestamping particular person messages with the date and time, Twitter began grouping messages by day to cut back timestamp muddle.