Twitter Introduces New Update To Its Direct Messages

Twitter announced on Thursday that it is introducing several new updates to its direct messages which will roll out to some users in the next few weeks.

The feature is coming to the iOS and web versions of Twitter first, and Android will include the ability to send a direct message to multiple people in separate conversations because who among us has not accidentally started a group chat that way.

Tweets can now be shared by users up to 20 separate DM conversations, if the goss is hot enough to share with that many individual's tweeters at once and no more (awkward) accidental group chats when you DM a Tweet to multiple people.

No more (awkward) accidental group chats when you DM a Tweet to multiple people. Now you can share the same Tweet in up to 20 different DM convos, separately.

Rolling out on iOS and web, and soon on Android. (2/5) pic.twitter.com/oHYseF3EJE

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 19, 2021

Twitter said it will tweak DM timestamp for iOS users and group messages by day instead of stamping each message within a DM conversation with the date and time. This will reduce “timestamp clutter,” Twitter says. And, iOS users will soon be able to access the “add reaction” buttons not only by double-tapping but by long-pressing on a message.

Android users will have to wait to get access to those last features although a user will get the ability along with iOS users to quick-scroll through a DM conversation and return to the most recent message by pressing a down-arrow button.

In past months, Twitter has added many new features including a new process to report COVID misinformation, an update to its API to make it easier for other apps to point to its Spaces audio chats and a change to its font.

In addition to the new DM features, Twitter also announced that it will roll out to the web and Android users a feature that would make it easier for users to subscribe to Twitter users; Revue newsletter directly from a Twitter profile.