Apple makes an exception and Twitter is now X in the iOS App Store

Elon Musk just lately put an finish to Larry Bird, which is the identify of the iconic chook in Twitter’s emblem. Last week, Twitter formally rebranded to X and received a brand new emblem. Although the iOS app was up to date days later to match the new identification, the App Store web page nonetheless talked about “Twitter” as a result of one among Apple’s tips. But it appears Apple has now made an exception for Musk, as the App Store web page has been up to date and Twitter is now X there.

Twitter is now X in the iOS App Store

As famous by a number of customers, the Twitter web page in the App Store now reveals the identify “X” with none extra phrases or characters. The change has caught the consideration of many builders as App Store Connect requires the identify proven in the App Store to have not less than two characters. That means there’s no official technique to launch an app with a single letter or quantity as its identify.

Interestingly, the App Store Guidelines don’t explicitly point out such a restriction. According to phrases 2.3.7 of the App Store Review Guidelines, app names “must be limited to 30 characters,” however there’s nothing a few minimal restrict. However, in follow, Apple doesn’t let builders submit an app named with a single character.

Another factor to maintain in thoughts is that the identify proven on the iOS Home Screen generally is a single character lengthy, however not the advertising and marketing identify proven in the App Store. Apple ended up making an exception for Elon Musk, most likely due to the notability of the platform. But it’s onerous to think about that the firm would do the similar for another small developer.

9to5Mac’s Take

The transfer from Twitter to X has been fairly controversial. Not solely due to Musk’s questionable choice to kill off one among the world’s most well-known manufacturers, but in addition as a result of it appears to have been a last-minute choice.

Every week after the change, X’s app and web site nonetheless point out Twitter in every single place. The firm’s paid subscription is nonetheless known as Twitter Blue, as is Twitter Spaces. The platform is nonetheless slowly changing phrases like “tweet” with “post,” which makes it clear that the rebrand wasn’t fastidiously deliberate.

But should you’re nonetheless an X person and miss the previous icon, there’s nonetheless a technique to hold it alive in your iPhone and iPad due to Shortcuts.

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