After testing it out internally over the past couple of months, Twitter has now launched a live test of its new, full-width visual display for tweets in-stream, which will see tweeted images, GIFs and videos take up more of the tweet view, and remove the rounded corners of the current display.
Now testing on iOS:
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) September 7, 2021
Edge to edge Tweets that span the width of the timeline so your photos, GIFs, and videos can have more room to shine. pic.twitter.com/luAHoPjjlY
As you can see here, the new visual format will take-up the whole horizontal space in the tweet feed, which will make your shared images and videos stand out with more solid blocks of visuals in the app.
“By reducing the margins on Tweets, we can better use the space in a Tweet so the focus is on your message and what you have to say, while bringing the timeline to life with larger photos and videos. This test explores how we might support conversations in all their different forms by giving Tweets with photos, videos, and text more room to shine.”
As noted, Twitter’s been testing the updated display format for some time, with reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong sharing this image of the process in testing back in July.
It certainly looks better at first blush - but then again, it also feels a little Facebook-esque, and could be seen as removing some of the differentiation of the platform, especially with the removal of the rounded corners in the current...
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