Twitter Blue has finally started letting subscribers on Android customise the app’s navigation bar. The function, which was beforehand accessible solely on iOS, helps you to eliminate the Areas icon that’s smack-dab in the midst of your navigation bar (and naturally, take away among the different tabs if you need, too).
With customized navigation, you’ll be able to cut back the variety of displayed tabs to as few as two, or maintain all 5 that seem by default — helpful if you happen to’re bored with stretching your finger over the Areas tab simply to get to your DMs and notifications. Twitter first began testing the Areas tab on iOS final 12 months and rolled out the tab on Android in May, which appeared to solely give extra inconvenienced customers a motive to join the $2.99 / month Blue subscription launched final 12 months.
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However Blue can’t save us from each function that’s cluttering up the app. Twitter announced last week that it’s going to begin together with extra data within the banner that exhibits lively Areas on the very prime of your timeline. Whereas there nonetheless isn’t a setting to show this banner off completely (neither free of charge or Blue subscribers), it’ll now present who’s internet hosting the Area, who shares a tweet within the Area, in addition to related Subjects.