Vine for iOS update adds more notification control and other new features

Twitter recently released an update for its Vine app on iOS to add new features as well as more language support. Vine users get more control over their notifications now. You can customize how you receive notifications via push notifications and in the Activity tab right from the Notifications menu in Settings. You’ll also know how many unread VMs and activity items you have with the new badge. You can now also create Vines without having to decide yet if you will share it publicly or just send it to someone.

The navigation bar has also been improved to let you switch between tabs with one tap instead of two and the top bar fades when you view Vines from another user’s profile or from your home feed. Vine now also supports Arabic, English (UK), and Hebrew.

Source: The Next Web

Twitter will soon let you access your DM history on their Android and iOS apps

Want to remember what you told your best friend months ago on Twitter’s Direct Messages but can’t seem to access it? Well, Twitter has just tweeted that they plan on releasing an update that will give you access to your DM history on their Android and iPhone apps. They also intend to release updates that will make deleting DMs more consistent on the Web and on mobile.

We're also making an update to the Twitter iPhone and Android apps that will allow you to access your entire DM history.

— Twitter Support (@Support) July 18, 2014

Source: The Next Web

Twitter is experimenting on including a dedicated WhatsApp share button on Android

Twitter users in India have been seeing a new experimental feature in the company’s Android app. The Next Web reports screenshots have shown a dedicated WhatsApp share button appearing on top of the screen, near the current share button, and next to the search icon. WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum has previously said India was a fast-growing market for their platform so it makes sense why Twitter will test that feature out there. We do not know yet how many users are testing out this new feature or if this will make it past the experimental phase.

GIF support comes to Twitter

Twitter has one-upped Facebook and joins the likes of Tumblr and Pinterest with its support for GIFs. Both the Web interface and the mobile applications on Android and iOS now support those animated GIFs. Twitter made the announcement through a tweet (of course) to show how the GIFs will appear on the social network. Twitter is also offering GIF support to its APIs, meaning third-party developers will be offered the same support as Twitter clients.

Starting today, you can share and view animated GIFs on http://t.co/wJD8Fp317i, Android and iPhone. http://t.co/XBrAbOm4Ya

— Twitter Support (@Support) June 18, 2014