Twitter is testing a new Explore UI in India, where itโ€™s following the TikTok style scrolling of tweets. Eligible users can see this new UI in updated Android and iOS clients.

The new Explore UI comprises of only two categories โ€“ For You and Trending, being more clear than before as it removed all other categories. A video showing the new Explore UI has video tweets scrolling up in a TikTok-like feed.

Twitterโ€™s Explore UI

Social media platforms often experiment with various sections of their platform. This is to keep up with the communityโ€™s interests and match with market trends. In this regard, Twitter India is seen testing the Explore section of its Android and iOS versions, with something like TikTokโ€™s home feed.

The scroll-up style of consuming tidbits of data is the new form of serving information, started by the Chinese short-video platform TikTok earlier. This was soon picked by Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, etc, and now by Twitter.

As the company tweeted, itโ€™s testing a scroll-up feed of new tweets in its Explore UI, for select users in India. The new design of Explore UI is cleaner and simple, with just two categories โ€“ For You and Trending, and a search bar at the top. You shall see new video tweets from your circle showing up, swipe-able up for more.

You can visit the Trending section to see the old UI of showing whatโ€™s trending around in a list manner. While itโ€™s still in testing when Twitter will let others test this is unknown as of now. The platform has recently announced a Labs feature, that will let Twitter Blue subscribers check new features earlier than others.

Besides this, Twitter is also working on features like a downvote button, support for sharing longer videos, pinned conversations, and a new ad format.

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