Twitter appears to have made a cheeky little change to its Android app, for some users at least. The familiar ‘star’ icon for favorites has disappeared in favor of a heart.
Manu on Twitter flagged the change up to me…
@brokenbottleboy I'm seeing a change in my @twitter android app, with hearts instead of stars. Is this a thing now? http://pic.twitter.com/Nk0Ck076rH
— Manu (@manuisfunny) June 17, 2015
…and a quick search found a smattering of others reporting the same:
Am I going mad or have twitter changed the Fav Stars to Hearts on android?
— Magnus Jamieson (@Magnus_Jamieson) June 17, 2015
Woah woah woah. Twitter on Android now using hearts instead of stars for faves?? http://pic.twitter.com/9Rv0y1DohP
— Erik Burgess (@burgessanthem) June 17, 2015
Wait… favorites are now hearts in the Twitter android app, over stars? Confused feelings. Love is more commitment than Favorite.
— Joshua Francis (@DopplerInteract) June 17, 2015
It may be an A/B test, or Twitter may actually be following Periscope’s lead and switching permanently from the Mario-style star to hearts all the way down.
I’ve obviously contacted Twitter to see what it has to say.
Thanks again to Manu for the tip. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @TheNextWeb.
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