Twitter Rolls Out New Features for Direct Messages
Twitter has announced a slew of new features for direct messages, aimed at making the conversation experience seamless and more enjoyable for users. The new features include “Replies” and an “Emoji Picker,” with more features on the horizon, such as encryption, voice and video chats. This article will outline the new features and explain how they can benefit users.
Twitter, the popular social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has recently launched several new features for its Direct Messages (DM) service. These features include “Replies” and an “Emoji Picker,” which allow users to reply to a specific message and react to messages with a wider range of emojis. The company has also promised to improve web support and better rendering for replies to media messages, and it plans to introduce encryption, voice and video chats soon.
New Features Rolled Out
Twitter users can now reply to a particular message in a chat easily, thanks to the new DM Replies feature. The feature lets users select a particular message in DM and reply to it, similar to what we have seen on WhatsApp, Instagram, and other social media platforms. The feature aims to make conversations easier by allowing users to reply to a specific message while continuing the conversation on the platform.
Twitter has also added a new Emoji Picker feature, which allows users to react to messages with a wider range of emojis than ever before. This feature aims to make conversations more engaging and fun for users.
The company has also revealed that it is working on improving web support and better rendering for replies to media messages. These improvements are likely to be visible in upcoming updates, and they aim to enhance the user experience.
In addition to the above features, Twitter CEO Musk revealed that Direct Messages will soon be encrypted on the platform. According to Musk, version 1.0 of the encryption feature should happen tomorrow. He also assured users that the encryption feature would grow in sophistication rapidly. “The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if there was a gun to my head,” Musk tweeted.
The company is also working on introducing voice and video chats on Twitter. “Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle to anyone on this platform, so you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving them your phone number,” Musk revealed. While these features are not new to most users, they will certainly help Twitter catch up to other social media platforms, which have rolled out voice and video chat support months ago, if not years.
What Does This Mean for Users?
The new features rolled out by Twitter are set to make conversations on the platform more seamless, enjoyable, and engaging. With the DM Replies feature, users can reply to a specific message, which makes conversations more organized and less confusing. The Emoji Picker feature will also make conversations more fun and expressive.
The upcoming features, such as encryption, voice, and video chats, will further enhance the conversation experience on Twitter. Users can look forward to secure, private conversations with encryption, and they can engage in voice and video chats with anyone on the platform without giving out their phone number.
Twitter’s new features for Direct Messages are aimed at making conversations more seamless, enjoyable, and engaging for users. With the DM Replies feature, users can reply to a specific message and make conversations more organized. The Emoji Picker feature will make conversations more fun and expressive. The upcoming features, such as encryption, voice, and video chats, will further enhance the conversation experience on Twitter.
