NewImageTwitter updated its official iPhone and iPad apps today. The most significant change is that all the official Twitter apps now sync the status of direct messages, meaning that DM's will not show up as 'unread' on multiple devices even after they've been read.

The Twitter app also delivers "richer search results" and a new feature to discover new accounts to follow.

What's New in Version 5.8

New to Twitter for iPhone and iPad: when you read a Direct message it will be marked as read in all of your official Twitter apps, including twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com, Twitter for Mac, Twitter for Android and TweetDeck. When you read a message on another official Twitter app, it will be marked as read on iPhone and iPad.

We’ve also made more improvements in this version:
• It’s easier to join conversations with a new reply composer in the Tweet details view on iPhone
• Find new accounts to follow by tapping the new people button in the navigation bar
• Richer search results indicate when there are new Tweets for your query and show account results with bios and social context
• Report unwanted Tweets via the “More” button

The official Twitter for Mac client was also updated with new notifications in the @Connect timeline when tweets have been retweeted or favorited, as well as the new DM status syncing.

Twitter for iPhone and iPad is a free download from the App Store. [Direct Link]

Twitter for Mac is a free download from the Mac App Store. [Direct Link]

Top Rated Comments

McFreggle Avatar
153 months ago
Still no timeline syncing.

Tweetbot FTW!
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
darkknight14 Avatar
153 months ago
Solid update, looks like they are only winning half the battle with DM syncing, timeline syncing would be great.

Small steps I guess... :cool:
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
viperGTS Avatar
153 months ago
This app still takes AGES to load on a 4S. 5.3 supposedly "improved" launch times. :rolleyes:
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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