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Six 'direct messages' stories November 2014 - April 2016

Twitter app adding inline direct message sharing buttons to tweets

Benjamin Mayo Apr 5 2016 - 10:14 am PT

Twitter is rolling out a new ‘feature’ to its iOS app today, prioritizing Direct Messages in the timeline by adding a prominent icon inline to tweets in the timeline. Tapping the new Direct Message button opens a new message with one of your Twitter followers, linking the tweet from the timeline as the starting point of the conversation. In the blog post, Twitter says updates for the app are rolling out from today.

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Twitter rolling out landscape support to iPhone 6 Plus users

Mark Gurman Aug 4 2015 - 1:26 pm PT

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In yet another staggered feature rollout, Twitter has begun enabling full landscape support for its iOS app on the iPhone 6 Plus. Like with many of Apple’s bundled applications, Twitter app users on the larger, 5.5-inch iPhone can navigate their Timelines, Tweet, and Direct Message in landscape mode…

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TweetDeck Mac app adds Group DMs, Teams account sharing, in-line GIFs, more

Jordan Kahn Apr 1 2015 - 8:25 am PT

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The TweetDeck Mac app today received an update with a handful of new features including the ability to share account access with others, direct messages to groups, support for in-line GIFs and videos, and much more.
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Twitter rolling out group direct messages and native video sharing

Zac Hall Jan 27 2015 - 6:41 am PT

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Twitter announced last November that it had a number of new features on its roadmap for this year, and today the social network says two of those features are starting to roll out to users. Starting this week Twitter will start allowing users to capture and share videos right from the camera in the mobile app, and direct messages will soon support group chatting for the first time. Here’s how the new video and group direct message features work:
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Twitter for iPhone rolling out Tweet sharing via Direct Messages

Zac Hall Nov 20 2014 - 12:49 pm PT

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Last week, Twitter announced a list of improvements coming to the service including enhancements to Direct Messages and video capabilities slated for next year, and today the social network started rolling out its new features as promised. With the latest version of Twitter for iPhone, you can now share public Tweets privately over Direct Messages with native embedding. You can see the new feature in action below…
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Twitter says improvements to Direct Messages coming next week, native video features coming in 2015

Zac Hall Nov 12 2014 - 11:56 am PT

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Twitter today shared a few details about its plans for the social network in 2015 including some new features around video, improvements to communicating with Direct Messages on the service, and changes to the timeline to help keep up with relevant content.
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