Twitter Now Offering Full-Sized Images On Web Too. Details Here

Months after Twitter removed the automated image cropping feature for Android and iOS users, it is rolling out the feature for web users too.

Twitter Now Offering Full-Sized Images On Web Too. Details Here

New Delhi: Months after Twitter removed the automated image cropping feature for Android and iOS users, for larger image previews, the micro-blogging site is now working to offer full-sized images for its web client. The new update intends to let users see the full picture without having to click on it. The feature appears to be rolling out globally for all users.

"This is now available on web! Pic looking good in the Tweet composer? That’s how it will look on the timeline.," Twitter Support recently tweeted.

A new kind of surprise: show off more of your pic when you Tweet a single image.

Now available to everyone on Android and iOS –– how your image looks in the Tweet composer is how it will look on the timeline. https://t.co/GTD4JGVXmY pic.twitter.com/u5X2kc8dzO

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) May 5, 2021

Twitter, earlier in March, began testing a new way to display standard aspect ratio photos in full on iOS and Android, meaning without the saliency algorithm crop. The goal of this was to give people more control over how their images appear while also improving the experience of people seeing the images in their timeline. 

"After getting positive feedback on this experience, we launched this feature to everyone. This update also includes a true preview of the image in the Tweet composer field, so Tweet authors know how their Tweets will look before they publish. This release reduces our dependency on ML for a function that we agree is best performed by people using our products. We’re working on further improvements to media on Twitter that builds on this initial effort, and we hope to roll it out to everyone soon," Rumman Chowdhury, Director, Twitter META, explained in a blog post.

Last October, the micro-blogging site heard feedback from people on Twitter that its image cropping algorithm didn’t serve all people equitably. 

"Over the last several months, our teams have accelerated improvements for how we assess algorithms for potential bias and improve our understanding of whether ML is always the best solution to the problem at hand. Today, we’re sharing the outcomes of our bias assessment and a link for those interested in reading and reproducing our analysis in more technical detail," Chowdhury added.

In other news, Twitter is also rolling out a feature that will let even non-Twitter users to listen to Spaces audio on the web. Listeners and hosts can send any user a direct link to a Spaces audio broadcast and those who do not have an account on Twitter can also listen to it on the web client without logging in. However, they will not be able to participate in the audio broadcast.