Twitter for the web now stays on your favorite timeline tab

Twitter has changed the function of the “For You” and “Following” timeline tabs on its homepage. On Wednesday, she announced that the web version of the social media platform will now remember the timeline a user was last on. Upon returning to the website, the user is greeted by the last opened timeline tab. This feature will soon make its way to the iOS and Android versions of Twitter. Elon Musk’s microblogging platform defaulted to the For You tab when users returned to the site.

Twitter announced on Wednesday that Twitter for the web will return users to the For You or Following tabs, depending on which tab they were last open before exiting. Twitter CEO Elon Musk had recently divided the social media platform’s intentions to roll out these changes soon. Twitter says this change will soon be reflected in the iOS and Android versions of Twitter as well.

Have any of you (all) asked that your timeline default to where you last left it?

Starting today, when you close Twitter on the web from the For You or Following tabs, you’ll revert to the most recently opened timeline. iOS and Android coming soon! https://t.co/uKz9DpNRux

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 24, 2023

Musk also revealed that Twitter is working on giving users the ability to customize the positions of the timeline tabs in the app. Currently, the For You tab is in the top left of the home page, with the Following tab to the right. He also announced that Twitter users can now bookmark tweets directly from the tweet detail page. The app will soon include support for displaying the number of users who have bookmarked a specific tweet.

Another new feature is coming to Twitter soon. It works to automatically translate tweets and recommend them to users in other countries. Musk announced that tweets are translated before being recommended to users.

Twitter has seen many changes since Musk acquired it in October of last year. A recently To update According to its developer terms, the company has reportedly banned all third-party clients on the microblogging platform. This move effectively killed popular clients like Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Fenix. Several developers have already announced that they will stop developing their applications.