Twitter is rolling out
an update to its search results that will put a new “Top Photos”
section above matching tweets. “Top Videos” may also appear. Twitter
will also begin automatically showing tweeted pictures for those
searching on the iPhone or with Android devices.
Top Photos & Videos
Twitter already shows top photos and images for a search, but these
have been placed off to the side of the main search results, like this:
With the change, top pictures and videos will come above the matching tweets:
The change above will happen for both desktop and mobile searchers, Twitter says.
Instant Photo Previews
Mobile searchers using iPhones or Android phones have something
unique that will happen within the matching tweets themselves. Some
tweets with pictures will have those pictures automatically shown.
Currently, viewing a photo associated with a tweet requires a
two-step process, where you select a tweet to have it open up a new
screen showing the tweet with the picture:
With today’s change, tweets with pictures will show a picture preview
automatically, with the tweet text itself being used as a caption:
It seems like a clever change to make. By
using the tweets as captions, the focus remains on what people were
primarily sharing — a picture — but the tweet itself can also be viewed
at the same time.
The iPhone and Android are also gaining a new “Discover” feature similar to Twitter on the desktop.
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