Twitter for Android users, get ready for a major update that brings more details, speed and punch to Twitter’s official Android app.
We tried out the updated Android app in-office and there’s a ton of new features that we think will make tweeting easier, faster and more customized.
According to the Twitter Blog — where the update was revealed — changes include:
A better tweet details page (which was already included in Twitter for iPhone, Twitter for iPad and Twitter for Windows Phone). Now, when clicking on a tweet, you can easily click on links and reply to, retweet or favorite a tweet. No more fumbling around — it’s all laid out easily at the bottom of the screen.
Pull to refresh. Now you don’t have to hunt for the “refresh” button, just pull down at the top of your tweet stream to get the latest 140-character news. This is especially nice, since manually refreshing is a pain — also the app’s increased speed makes the process much quicker.
Swipe to reveal. This is perhaps one of the coolest additions — if you want to get more info about a user, just swipe your finger across their tweet for the option to access an easy-to-read profile (including bio, lists he or she follows/is followed by, etc). This feature adds a ton more info about users, which is nice when someone you don’t know reaches out to you via the microblogging site.
You can also use this feature to reply to, share, favorite and retweet a tweet.
Quote a tweet. For everyone out there who hates the “retweet” button, this feature will come as a boon. Now you have the option to “quote” a tweet (i.e. old-school retweet), just as you would do by copy-pasting on the in-browser site. Sadly, you still can’t see who retweets you using the retweet button via the app — which would have been a nice addition.