LONDON: Saudi Arabia is among four countries where Twitter is testing a way to enable users to watch YouTube videos on their timeline on iOS platforms.
The announcement comes after the company said this month it was working toward a more user-friendly media-viewing experience on its app, including viewing media such as photos and videos, as well as sharing content.
A post from the Twitter Support account said testing on the YouTube iFrame Player application programming interface (API) began on Thursday in the Kingdom, as well as in the US, Canada and Japan.
The change will mean users will now be able to click and play a video without leaving active conversation threads.
Before the change, previews for YouTube videos on iOS platforms would not show, with users having to click a URL to view a video in another screen or on the YouTube app.
The company said it would run tests in the four countries before rolling the function out for global users, but did not give a concrete timeline on when it would be available to all users.
Twitter also announced recently that users would now be able to upload 4K images on both iOS and Android platforms through a new feature in “Data Usage” settings.
