Official Twitter App for Windows 10 Released

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

July 29, 2015

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Official Twitter App for Windows 10 Released

 

With all the attention on the roll out of Windows 10 which has already started in other areas of the world a new app might be overlooked.

However, when that app is the official offering from Twitter and it is intended for the newly released Windows 10 then it gets discovered.

Unfortunately, it would have been better left undiscovered.

This updated app for Windows 10 gained these features:

  • Tweets with Twitter photos, Vine videos and other select content show previews in your timeline.

  • Photos can be shared on Direct Messages.

  • Reply, Retweet, Favorite and Follow someone right from your timeline. No need to expand the tweet.

  • Upload multiple photos in tweets.

  • Conversations are now easier to participate in and you can Follow, Reply, Retweet and Favorite from the tweets.

  • What's Happening can be viewed without being logged in or without a Twitter account.

Missing from this list is the Quote Tweet option which is now a standard feature on the web, iOS and Android apps and I was unable to find any Lists support.

As I tweeted when I tried this out earlier in the day - third party Twitter apps have nothing to worry about and Power Users will want something other than this.

 

 

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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