OK so maybe a quantum leap is a bit over the top but this update to the official Twitter App on Windows Phone is a significant update to the previous iteration. The other reason I am excited by this update is the prospect that maybe, just maybe, Twitter might just blow us all away when they release the official Windows 8 Twitter App. If this Windows Phone version is any indication they have really paid attention to details. If they put this type of work into the official Windows 8 App then they will bring us a great Twitter experience.
You can read the official Twitter blog post announcing the update and the app is available for WP7, WP7.5 and WP8 from the Windows Phone Store.
Here is a tour around the new app thanks to a bunch of screenshots – enjoy.
All in all a great version 2.0 and the speed/responsiveness is excellent.
A couple of items that could still be changed to tweak the app a bit:
- Offer a dark theme to go along with the light one. The current Official Windows TweetDeck Program already does this.
- As noticed by one of my Twitter followers, Jeremy Harris (@Fullmetal1986), the translation option is no longer available in this update. Since Twitter is a global network it would be handy to have accessible.
What do you think of the new official Windows Phone Twitter App? Any recommendations that you would make to improve it?