Twitter released an updated version of its iPhone app today, bringing improvements to features in its Discover tab, improvements to autocomplete, spelling suggestions, and push notifications, as well as support for several additional languages.
What’s New in Version 4.2
Twitter for iOS 4.2
– Updated design and improved relevance of Discover stories
– Activity in Discover tab shows who your connections follow, updates to their lists, and which Tweets they retweet and favorite
– Spelling suggestions and related searches for search results in Discover tab
– Recent searches shown when selecting search box in Discover tab
– Username autocomplete and go-to-user when searching in Connect tab
– New push notifications for when your Tweets have been retweeted or favorited or when you have new followers
– New language support: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish
The Activity stream in the Discover tab is among the more significant changes in the update, as Twitter revealed when they announced the update earlier today on their blog:
The Discover tab helps you find interesting and timely content that matters to you. With this update, you can see Activity on Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android. Activity is a stream of updates that shows which Tweets are favorited or retweeted by the people you follow and which accounts those people follow or add to lists.
Activity appears below the redesigned stories in Discover. Now you can tap any story once to see Tweets about a particular trend or news article. You can then read the entire story or join the conversation by replying, retweeting or favoriting related Tweets.
The update is available immediately, and as always, Twitter for iOS is available at no cost (free, App Store link).
