Twitter to Introduce Advanced Search Filters for iOS Soon To Help Users Find Specific Tweets, Profiles

According to social media analyst Matt Navarra, Twitter's advanced search filters for smartphone users are "coming soon". "Twitter Advanced Search feature on iOS is coming soon," he tweeted on Thursday.

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New Delhi, January 5: Twitter is finally bringing a much sought-after feature that will help users find specific tweets and profiles by filtering based on date, user, retweet count, hashtags and more.

According to social media analyst Matt Navarra, Twitter's advanced search filters for smartphone users are "coming soon". "Twitter Advanced Search feature on iOS is coming soon," he tweeted on Thursday. Twitter To Introduce Twitter Circle Soon, Will Allow Users To Share Tweets With Selected People.

"You can also use Twitter Advanced Search on iOS to search another user's profile," he posted. As he mentioned, the new search feature will arrive first on iPhones. CEO Elon Musk had complained about Twitter's search feature within a week of taking control of the micro-blogging platform.

"Fixing search is a high priority," he had tweeted on November 6 last year. "Search within Twitter reminds me of Infoseek in a98! That will also get a lot better pronto," Musk added. Twitter Fears Risk of Losing Advertisers, Executives Due to Elon Musk Takeover.

According to TechCrunch, on the web, you have to type in your search term, then click the three dot menu to the right of the search bar to open up advanced search.

"On mobile, this wasn't even an option until now, when this feature release seems to be imminent," said the report. It's still not clear when this advanced search feature will roll out.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 05, 2023 11:13 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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