Twitter’s latest subtle update gives users something to chirp about
Twitter’s been in the limelight lately for all of the reasons, good, bad, and ugly. You probably already have a good idea about thebad, so let’s focus here on thegood stuff— the app’s improved over the past few months thanks to the addition of a handful of new features, includingbottom bar customizationsandautomatically generated video captionsto name a couple. Now, another cool-sounding (literally) addition is joining them and while it’s pretty minor, believe us when we say that it actually makes the app a bit more satisfying to use.
As noticed byThe Vergeand a handful of individuals, the app plays chirping sounds when users pull down their feeds to refresh. There’s a windup trill that plays if you pull down, which is followed by a chirp when you let go, and the loading spinner disappears to give way to a refreshed feed.
Both noises are very bird-sounding and complement Twitter’s vibe. The previous refresh sound was a rather boringpop. We hope more sounds throughout the UI will get replaced with cuter ones like these… maybe atu-whit tu-whoofor the like button?
I personally like to keep all app sounds disabled since I find them a bit annoying, but these new oddly satisfying chirps are really tempting me to turn them back on. While it appears that iOS is seeing a wider rollout for this addition — the OS is typically first to receive new Twitter features on mobile — many on Android are getting it, too. I was actually one of the lucky ones to get a hear-in before it disappeared. Maybe you can coerce the app into chirping for you as well by force-stopping it and clearing its cache.
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