Twitter is testing a ‘share to WhatsApp’ function in India, special button appears for some users- Technology News, Firstpost

FP WorkersSep 09, 2022 17:12:53 IST

Sharing tweets on other platforms can be a somewhat cumbersome procedure. To make this less difficult, Twitter is screening a new function that makes it possible for users to share their tweets directly about WhatsApp in India. 

The way Twitter is utilizing this is by working with a special button that just seems less than every tweet wherever the share button applied to be. At present, this function is obtainable only to Android customers in India. The characteristic, nevertheless, has experienced a somewhat odd implementation.

some of you may well see a WhatsApp Share icon and if you do, permit us know what you feel pic.twitter.com/Y23vWUPTs1

— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) September 8, 2022

The WhatsApp share button will change the frequent share button below the tweet, which opens distinctive choices like bookmarking, sending via Direct Message, copying connection to tweets and sharing to other social media platforms. The WhatsApp icon is just replacing the share icon without having transforming the functionality.

WhatsApp has extra than 400 million people in India and is one of the most employed applications to share information with close friends and family members in the state. Even in a variety of offices, Twitter is made use of as an unofficial but official instant messaging app. Twitter is striving to tap into the mass enchantment of the Meta-owned messaging app and immediate a lot more consumers toward its system.

Shirish Andhare, director and solution head, Twitter India reported:

“Starting nowadays, we are rolling out a new experiment completely in India – an critical market place for us. We are changing the share icon on Tweets with the WhatsApp icon for the the greater part of folks who use Twitter on Android in the region, so sharing their favorite or noteworthy Tweets is straightforward even past Twitter, earning the encounter much more open, obtainable, and holistic for them.”

As said, the feature, as of now, is confined to Android buyers in India. But specified it is an experiment, the business could scrap this new sharing characteristic entirely.