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Twitter Updates: Increased Video Length, Twitter Engage, Periscope New Button & Magic Pony!

Nowadays, Twitter has turned into a favourite platform to share and discuss different videos. While people from all over the globe are rapidly adapting to this form of content sharing, the social media giant is all set to introduce users to all new world of experiences. Read on to know what more it announced recently.

Living in the world of social media, it is difficult to keep your online business isolated from Twitter. It acts as one of the strongest pillars of your online presence with over 645,750,000 registered users.

From time to time, it has been updating the users with some new and extraordinary features. In the beginning of the year, some reports stated that Twitter is planning to allow longer tweets, which would be somewhere around the end of Q1 of 2016.

Well, besides the tweets, there is something getting popular- videos. Yes, video sharing is the new trend and to benefit the users, the social media channel now increases the videos length up to 140 seconds. This was earlier just restricted to 30 seconds.

The other update is for both, iOS and Android users. The change is in the viewing mode. Just tap on the video tweet and it will put you in full-screen mode. Not to forget, it will suggest several other videos worth watching, as per you interest.

And that’s not all! There are some more updates;

  • Twitter Engage: Right now this is highly popular among the creators, celebrities, and public figures in the U.S. This all new iOS app, Twitter Engage, is similar to Facebook’s Mentions app. Using this, understanding, engaging, and growing the audiences interest becomes easier for the video creators. It offers on-the-go with real-time data and insights.
  • Magic Pony: To enhance the strength in live and video, Twitter acquired machine-learning company Magic Pony. Actually, Magic Pony’s technology is there to make the low-resolution images and videos appear like the high-resolution one. And it turns into the searchable data too. It is expected to open up a whole lot of exciting possibilities for the site.
  • New Periscope Button: The famous video streaming app, Periscope was introduced by Twitter direct to its timeline in the start of this year. Now Twitter announced the addition of a new “Live” button for iOS and Android. Basically, it allows the users to start broadcasting on Periscope directly from their Twitter app.

In all, Twitter can be expected to proffer the creative, from all around the world, to connect directly with their audience through easy video sharing.

Let’s know your expectations through your valuable comments!

Disha Singh: An enthusiastic Human Being with a zeal to express as much she can in words... and Blogs gave her a medium to express and share her knowledge. Has written for eminent blogs and fields like the social media, internet marketing, technology, lifestyle (tattoos, body art, fashion, etc.), politics, and the list is still increasing.
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