The Twitter iOS app could be getting a major facelift in the near future, according to leaked information in iOS 6 beta's redesigned App Store. Twitter for iPhone version 4.3 will bring improved notifications, interactivity, and better searchability, among other improvements, according to 9to5 Mac.
The new version of Twitter will let you receive push notifications for certain people you follow, and you'll get ambient Twitter notifications while you're in the app (something the Tweetbot app already offers). As for interactivity, tweets from "selected events" will be highlighted and curated by Twitter, along with relevant photos and images. Content previews will also get more robust for partner websites, allowing you to check out photos and videos more readily.
The app will also allow for personalized trends, and the Discover tab will get more useful by indicating when there are new stories ready for you to load. Perhaps this will help the Discover tab from gathering cobwebs like it's doing now.
The iOS app icon will also be updated to the new Twitter bird logo.
The Twitter app currently lacks a number of features available in third-party Twitter applications like Tweetbot. So, understandably, when Twitter announced last week it would be tightening the reigns on its API, many feathers were ruffled. It looks like this upcoming app update could rectify a number of those functionality concerns.
At this point, it's unclear when the new Twitter iPhone app will be arriving -- it could be as near as a week or two away, if we go by similar leaks in the past (like before the last Instagram update). Apple will likely update iOS 6 beta to remove the leaked information, since this would be considered a bug.
