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Twitter’s forthcoming Camera feature will remind users of Snapchat. The micro-blogging social giant is working on “NEWS CAMERA”, a new way of tweeting Photos and Videos with captions. The info is leaked by an app researcher who found that Twitter has already started testing News Camera, restricted to limited users and platform.
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According to a tweet by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter’s new feature will allow users to record video by swiping left from the home screen. Post created using News Camera will be called -Moments. Original Moment feature was withdrawn last year in the month of October, and it will be replaced by the new one.
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
Jane replied on her tweet the feature is not available for Android, but available for testing on iOS. Matt Navarra Former Social Media Director of TheNextWeb was able to get hands-on how it works. He tweeted a few screenshots that revealed the UI where users can post live videos, photos, and live broadcast and use Snapchat-style captions.
Here’s a few more photos of Twitter’s ‘News Camera’ feature being tested
You swipe left on home screen to activate to launch it.
Also see @wongmjane’s tweet about it here: https://t.co/SksyclU8QY pic.twitter.com/ai9cVkHUE5
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 14, 2019
A couple of days ago Matt also shared a video of showing how really the News Camera feature work. Accessible through swiping left from home screen, Twitter app activates phone camera and offer a photo click or video recording. Users can place caption, add background color and location to the post. Check the video below.
NEW! Twitter is testing a ‘News Camera’ feature…
Let’s you add location details and colour overlays to photos, videos, or live streams.
Has a redesigned composer UI too.
First spotted by me here: https://t.co/s455vYgumy pic.twitter.com/P11XxOkGva
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 14, 2019
In his previous tweets, Matt also shared more new features that Twitter will reveal soon. They are:
- Dark Mode
- Encrypted Message
- Auto-Night Mode
- Captain Overlay
- Location Sticker
- Undock and move tweet compose button
- New side-menu options
- React with Gift and
- Drag and Drop to Re-tweet feature for iOS.
There is no info on when these features are getting live evenly for Android and iOS.
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