Twitter for Android tablets: After the delay, the exclusive Samsung

Twitter has unveiled a new version of its Android application, especially designed for tablets. It offers a revised and corrected design better advantage of the available space, especially in landscape mode. It is against relatively limited as it is formally proposed as one model: the Galaxy Note 10.1-2014 Edition. A strange situation when the APK to install it on any tablet or almost mop is on the web for over a month.

Twitter has long been an application for Android. Despite numerous updates made over time, ergonomics has never been specifically tailored to tablets, unlike what happens in iOS regret that many users.

The social network announced proudly: "Now, Twitter is optimized for your Android tablet." In practice, this version deport the top menu with buttons for Home, Connect, Discover and Account on the left. The screen is then split into two in order to propose a side your activity stream and other additional information. Just for example, click on a Tweet to that opens onto the right side displaying a photo, video and / or a preview of the article if necessary.

But beware, this new version for the moment only one model: the Galaxy Note Samsung Edition 10.1-2014. A principle of exclusivity that has nothing new, but inconvenient for application so widely used. Note that the company bluebird take this opportunity to highlight two features Samsung multi-screen as well as the S-Pen:

Because it is possible to change an image directly from Twitter, but it goes beyond that already filters available for almost a year. In fact, you can now add drawings on the image. Remains to be seen what will happen on devices not equipped with a stylus.   


In addition, a new Widget is also present. It should allow you to take advantage of "a more personalized experience," without elaborating. It is also possible to perform actions on tweets, more directly. 

But as we told you, if this version of Twitter for tablet is currently available exclusively on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1-2014, it will then be offered to other slates Manufacturer ... before finally arriving on all Android tablets. By cons, no specific timetable has been announced.

An unfortunate situation, especially as the APK to install Twitter on an Android tablet (other than Samsung) is already leaked on the web for over a month. Exclusive probably negotiated price of gold, which they could have done and will encourage the use of unofficial drafts that could raise concerns if some evil were to be used to distribute malware.

Because if it is something to offer free storage to its customers in partnership with Dropbox, is quite another to require limiting the user experience of an ecosystem against a big fat check.