New Twitter feature allows you to embed tweets within your tweets

Twitter is testing a new feature that allows you to embed tweets within your tweets, provided you're using the official Twitter client for Android.

To embed a tweet, you have to copy the link to the tweet and paste it in the text box of the app. The feature gives you the ability to add your own opinion about the tweet you're embedding, which isn't the case with the retweet option.

The embedded tweets (for now) aren't visible in the web interface and seem to be limited to the mobile app. To view the embed boxes, you have to click on the individual tweet, as the timeline still shows the embedded tweets as a URL.

Currently, it looks like Twitter is testing the feature out with select users, and may integrate it in a future update. To use the embed feature, all you have to do is use the latest version of Twitter's app, which you can download from the Play Store link below.

Are you able to embed tweets via the mobile app? Is this a feature you would be interested in seeing in the web interface? Share your thoughts in the comments.

Source: Play Store; Via: The Next Web

Harish Jonnalagadda
Senior Editor - Asia

Harish Jonnalagadda is a Senior Editor overseeing Asia at Android Central. He leads the site's coverage of Chinese phone brands, contributing to reviews, features, and buying guides. He also writes about storage servers, audio products, and the semiconductor industry. Contact him on Twitter at @chunkynerd.

12 Comments
  • Tweetception!
  • Yo Dawg, I heard you like tweets... :D
  • Nice Posted via Android Central App
  • I came here just to make sure that someone mentioned Xzibit.
  • +1 Posted via Android Central App
  • I would've if someone else hadn't yet. Lol Posted via Android Central App on The Nexus 5
  • Came to this article for the sole purpose of this comment. Left happy. A+++ Would buy from again!!!
  • I hope they start giving you control over some of the nonsense that shows up in your feed. I'm starting to see stuff that people I follow favorited, which I don't really care about - if they wanted me to see it they'd retweet it.
  • Isn't nearly the same as the quote option they currently offer? Although I suppose a link will give you more characters for your opinion to be written. Posted via Android Central App
  • I'd like it a lot. Its like replying to a quote that you never have enough characters to do that now. But I don't use the official Twitter app so I'll wait till it comes to others.
  • So do I get 280 characters now? Posted via Android Central App
  • The official Twitter app is horrible. Talon is where it's at. Posted via my Samsung Galaxy S5 (Sprint)