X comes to Twitter for Android, app name will change

After altering on the net a couple of days in the past, the brand new X emblem and model are starting to seem on Twitter for Android.

About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” submit, we’ve decompiled the newest model of an software that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these recordsdata (known as APKs, within the case of Android apps), we’re in a position to see numerous traces of code inside that trace at doable future options. Keep in thoughts that Google might or might not ever ship these options, and our interpretation of what they’re could also be imperfect. We’ll attempt to allow these which can be nearer to being completed, nonetheless, to present you ways they’ll look in case that they do ship. With that in thoughts, learn on.

For these within the beta channel, X this afternoon rolled out model 10.0.0-beta.0. The blue hen app icon is changed by the white X on a black background, which can also be used as a standing bar icon for some notifications. There is, fortuitously, an up to date themed icon the place the X adopts your Dynamic Color theme.

The Android app at this time remains to be named “Twitter Beta,” however a dive into the APK by our Dylan Roussel reveals that the launcher name will turn into “X” at a later cut-off date when this change hits steady. The Play Store itemizing hasn’t been up to date but, whereas the upcoming change will ship X to the tip of your grid of apps.

Inside the app, X seems within the app bar of the Home feed, whereas the subsequent tab gives a “Search X” trace on the prime. In the navigation drawer, “Twitter Blue” has been renamed to simply “Blue.”

Meanwhile, the app’s bundle name stays com.twitter.android. That’s unlikely to change as a brand new app and itemizing can be required, with builders often avoiding having folks obtain something new whatever the migration. Elsewhere, whereas x.com/[username] redirects you to twitter.com/[username], the X URL stays twitter.com. It stays to be seen whether or not that will change.

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Dylan Roussel contributed to this text.