Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world with millions of active users all across the world. From the world leaders and common people to top entertainment stars and popular sports personalities, everyone is using Twitter for various purposes. Twitter has nowadays become a prime source of news and entertainment for many. The micro-blogging platform is working very hard to give its users the best experience they can dream off and also grab a pie from this highly competitive market.
If you love using Twitter, there is a big surprise coming your way, folks. The micro-blogging platform is currently working on a familiar News Camera feature that looks a lot like that of Snapchat. This News Camera feature will allow Twitterati to add captions to photos and videos and live broadcasts.
With this feature, Twitter will surely have some edge to its competitors. It will also help them in making their case for a leading media company. Let’s be honest, Twitter has been lacking when it comes to visual sharing space as compared to its rivals.
App researcher and tipster Jane Manchun Wong tweeted confirming this new feature that will reportedly be called ‘Moments’. Look at her Tweet:
Twitter's new Snapchat-style Camera, codenamed "News Camera" is coming soon!
Posts created by News Camera will be called "Moments" pic.twitter.com/54TZeXh1IC
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 14, 2019
Twitter has been particularly careful about not leaking News Camera on Android (to avoid people like me mostly)
But someone else on iOS have access to the feature, see @MattNavarra's tweets: https://t.co/pNWXBMbpvG
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1096091796445097985
Users will have to swipe left from the home screen of the app to launch this ‘News Camera’ feature.
A Twitter spokesperson was quoted saying to a Leading tech portal CNET, “I can confirm that we’re working on an easier way to share thing like images and videos on Twitter. What you’re seeing is in mid-development so it’s tough to comment on what things will look like in the final stage. The team is still actively working on what we’ll actually end up shipping.”
However, it is still not clear when this ‘News Camera’ feature will roll out for general users.
