Windows 10 Mobile Gets an Official Twitter App

After launching an app for Windows ten PCs and tablets in July, Twitter is bringing the fun to Microsoft smartphones as well.

Twitter updated its gratuitous Windows 10 app with support for mobile phones. Now, it should be easier than ever for those on Windows 10 mobile devices to discover content on Twitter likewise as share their own publicly and privately.

The app supports some newer Twitter features, such equally the power to send group Direct Letters; capture, edit, and tweet video; quote retweet; and see superlative tweets without logging in. It besides lets you explore Twitter's Moments characteristic, which is substantially a highlight reel showing the most pop stories unfolding beyond the microblogging service that 2nd.

One of the large drawbacks of Windows 10 mobile is that developers oasis't been too not bad to create apps for the platform, and so this support from Twitter is somewhat of a win, however futile.

"When bringing the app to mobile phones we carefully considered each section of Twitter and how the user interaction translates from desktops and tablets," Twitter Production Designer Angela Lam wrote in a blog post. "We found that ninety per centum of the UI and interaction models could exist shared from these devices to mobile phones, but there were places where we decided to make adjustments to optimize for each."

The Moments feature, for instance, will look different on mobile devices than information technology does on larger desktop and tablet screens. On mobile devices, these stories and videos volition take up your whole screen and yous'll be able to swipe to navigate through them, while the desktop and tablet version will show stories in a grid layout.

Meanwhile, the update also adds a highly requested feature for Windows 10 users on desktops and tablets: the dark theme. You can change your theme by going to Settings > Personalization.

Virtually Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'south proficient on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for nigh 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected wellness products including fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, force training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela too tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.

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