Twitter shares first edited tweet, tests new ‘immersive media viewer’ for accessing videos on platform

The biggest social media platform Twitter is all about offering the best user experience to its millions of users. We are aware that the tech giant has been testing the much-awaited edit button for a while. Now, the microblogging site has gone further and shared its first edited tweet.

Twitter shared its first edited tweet on Friday from its official Twitter Blue handle. “This is a test to make sure the edit button works, we’ll let you know how it goes," read the tweet. Reportedly the edit button will initially be rolled out for Twitter Blue subscribers.
The microblogging site began testing the feature in early September with select Twitter Blue users around the world. The platform has also demonstrated how the edited tweets will look on it. The edited tweets will come with a pencil icon underneath the text along with a timestamp indicating the last time it was edited. Clicking on the pencil icon will reveal the version history and the latest tweet.


Twitter confirmed its plans about the edit button earlier this year. As of now, Twitter Blue is available in the US, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia for a monthly subscription fee of USD 4.99 (about Rs 400). With the edit feature, users will get 30 minutes to edit their existing tweets. These edits can be done numerous times within the prescribed time limit.

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Meanwhile, the social media giant took to its official blog to announce that it will start rolling out a new way to experience videos. The platform has no plans to push short videos like Instagram or TikTok. However, it is planning to make video content more accessible on its platform.

The tech giant will introduce a new ‘immersive media viewer’ feature that will play videos in a new full-screen mode. Users will be able to access this by tapping or expanding a video that is shared via a Tweet. Now, users will also be able to swipe up to see more video content from any video that they are viewing. Going back from the full-screen mode will bring back the user to the usual Twitter feed.

“Once the video has been launched in full-screen mode, we’ve made video discovery easier as well. Just scroll up to start browsing more engaging video content. If you want to exit the viewer and go back to the original Tweet, click the back arrow in the top left corner,” Twitter shared it on its blog.