Twitter debuted its 'While you were away' or recap function last month
on iOS and promised an Android version 'soon', followed by a Web
version. Keeping that promise, the microblogging site on Tuesday
revealed that the recap feature is live on Android as well.
Twitter announced that it would be keeping its promise with the rollout to Android devices with a tweet.
The
Twitter feature began to
roll
out to limited users
early in January, while a
full-fledged iOS launch
took place towards the end of January. The recap feature aggregates
tweets posted while you were away that its algorithm found were
important to you, letting you catch up with the latest from all over the
world in a single go, rather than scrolling through hundreds and
thousands of tweets over a period of time.
Just like Facebook, the 'While you were away'
feature makes use of a complex algorithm that calculates exactly whose
tweets you want to read, what trends and topics you've been following
and what you want to know, based on user engagement and other factors.
It puts together a list of the top tweets that you've missed between
logins from various accounts you follow. But, just like the work of any
algorithm, results are not always satisfactory.
According to
reports, the feature cannot be turned off, but if you dismiss it enough
times, it shows you recaps less frequently than before.
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