Twitter Currently Developing Snapchat-like Feature For Adding Captions to Photos, Videos & Live Broadcasts

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San Francisco, Feb 16: Micro-blogging site, Twitter has reportedly been developing a "News Camera" functionality that would allow users to add captions to photos, videos and live broadcasts - Snapchat-style. The micro-blogging site removed its original "Moments" feature from its Android and iOS apps in October 2018. As tested, users would have to swipe left from the home screen of the app to launch the "News Camera" feature on Twitter. Twitter Testing Profile Preview Feature on Android, iOS App

"Twitter's new Snapchat-style camera, codenamed 'News Camera' is coming soon! Posts created by the 'News Camera' will be called 'Moments'," tipster Jane Manchun Wong tweeted on Friday.

"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," CNET quoted a Twitter spokesperson as saying.

Twitter seems to have been testing the new feature on iOS first. "Twitter has been particularly careful about not leaking 'News Camera' on Android, but someone else on iOS have access to the feature," Wong said. Twitter Acknowledges Issues with Likes, Retweets, Says Working to Resolve It.

The public availability of the "News Camera" feature - that was spotted earlier in February by social media consultant Matt Navarra - remains unknown.

According to CNET, Navarra also noted other potential new features, including a (darker) dark mode, encrypted direct messages, an automatic night mode, a way to undock the composition button, redesigned side menu and a way to react with GIFs among others. Recently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey nodded to the possibility of rolling-out the long overdue and much awaited edit feature to enable users to alter their posts within 10 minutes of posting.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Feb 16, 2019 12:11 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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