Twitter testing homepage button on iOS to show best tweets first

Twitter has plans to introduce a homepage button, that will let users switch between 'Top Tweets' and 'Latest Tweets'. The feature is currently being tested for iOS.

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In the older version of the feature, Twitter had featured the ‘switch’ button within the settings menu.

Twitter is testing a homepage button, that will let users switch to the ‘top tweets’ order. This has been confirmed through a tweet by the platform’s public handle, indicating plans to offer an alternative to the ‘latest tweets’ setting that runs on its desktop and mobile version. Earlier, the switch was offered by Twitter within the settings menu.

As per the tweet, Twitter has said, “We’re testing a way for you to make it easier to switch your timeline between the latest and top Tweets.” The statement adds that the homepage button will first be tested for iOS.

It also features a GIF, that shows a button with a ‘sparkle’ icon on the top right corner of the homepage view, that comes with a menu showing the homepage switch button, as well as a ‘Contact Preferences’ option.

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Explaining the nature of the update, Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter’s vice president of product, has said that Twitter plans to offer an easier way to toggle between the reverse chronological order seen in ‘Latest Tweets’, and the ‘Top Tweets’ option.

Sometimes you want to see the latest Tweets, first. We’re testing a way for you to make it easier to switch your timeline between the latest and top Tweets. Starting today, a small number of you will see this test on iOS. pic.twitter.com/7NHLDUjrIv

— Twitter (@Twitter) October 31, 2018

In the older version of the feature, Twitter had featured the ‘switch’ button within the settings menu. For most users, who forced Twitter to redesign the feature, the microblogging platform would automatically change the view of tweets from a user’s feed.

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It is being expected that the ‘top tweets’ view of the upcoming update would exclude posts by accounts that users’ contacts may follow, but do not follow themselves. The switch button for the same is also being worked out for its time limit, TechCrunch has reported after contacting sources at Twitter. The revamped homepage feed view button could be expected as a way to gain back users.

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