Twitter as we know it is a micro-blogging site that lets users have an account of their own and share their opinions on most happening around the world in a short crip 140 characters. As they say, nothing ever remains the same. Twitter went out of its way and increased the character limit to 240 where you can share images, GIFs, and much more. It also lets you broadcast to your followers through live-video. While we appreciate the functionality of the newly added features, underneath it is taking a toll on the data that it consumes and the number of resources it is using to function smoothly.
This isn’t a problem for those who are on a good data plan that offers impressive data speeds and data. It does affect those who are on low-speeds with fewer data as these features consume data a lot. Aware of this, Twitter recently introduced the new ‘Data Saver’ mode which cut downs some of the features and saves data so that user will be left with more data to perform other functions. This mode loads images in lower quality and videos no longer play automatically. In this article today, we will see how you can enable and use the new ‘Data Saver’ mode on the Twitter app. Let’s get started.
Here’s how to enable data-saver mode on Twitter?
- Since the ‘Data Saver’ mode is baked into the Twitter app, firstly, you need to update the app from Play Store. It is available for both iOS and Android.
- So, after you update the app, open the app and slide from the left or tap on your profile picture’s thumbnail to open the navigation drawer. Here, go to the Settings and Privacy section and here you will be presented with a set of options include ‘Account’ ‘Privacy and Safety and much more.
- Below is the general section where you will find ‘Data Usage’ section tap to enter into it. Here you will have the ‘Data Saver’ toggle which you need to turn it on. Once you turn it on, the image and video settings for the app will change and will never load them in HD. Auto-play videos option will also be disabled.
- Since ‘Data Saver’ is not tied up to your Data Plan, you can keep using it even if you are connected to Wi-Fi as well. It just changes the video and image settings and the quality it loads them with. While you can also change these settings one-by-one separately, this method saves time and few extra taps.
Conclusion: While Twitter already offers Twitter Lite version app, it does limit several functions when compared. So, with the use of new ‘Data Saver’ mode, you can have all the functions and you wouldn’t miss out on anything. So even if you are browsing with low-quality images and videos, you aren’t missing out on much. This also makes the loading times faster, much smoother and doesn’t cause any major distraction. Since the company just started rolling out the feature, it might take one-two weeks of time for everyone to get it. So, do try this out and let us know how is your experience after using Twitter with ‘Data Saver’ enabled.
