X is becoming a “save for later” app with the launch of a new History tab that collects your bookmarks, likes, videos and articles all in one place for easy access.
Originally available on iOS, X head of product Nikita Bier, describes the new resource as a better way to keep track of all your favorite content and come back to things you want to finish reading or watch later.
With the update, the Bookmarks button on the left menu of the X mobile app has been renamed to History. The new page divides your saved content into four tabs — Bookmarks, Likes, Videos, and Articles — making it easy to dive back in at any time. While bookmarks and likes are intentional saves, the Videos and Articles tabs will be populated based on what you watch or read on X. The History section remains private to you.
Bier’s announcement notes.
The plugin makes X feel a little more like a web browser, where users can go back to things they’ve seen before, even if they didn’t explicitly click a button to save the content. It brings together functions that were previously located in different parts of the app, with bookmarks located in the main menu and likes buried as a tab in your user profile.
The move could also encourage greater use of X’s long-form article format, which the company has positioned as a way for businesses and creators to share updates that transcend platform boundaries. standard post length 280 characters. X users track the articles they find as they scroll, creating a personalized news reader for themselves within the app.
The update comes as web publishers have seen a drop in referral traffic from platforms like Facebook and Google due to changing algorithms and AI experiences that have reduced clicks to external sites. X sees this shift as an opportunity to attract more publishers and creators to write directly to its platform, where distribution and discovery are integrated.
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