Finally.
Twitter announced early Tuesday morning that,?????? ??????? ???????? at long last, users will be able to search their direct messages. Well, at least someusers, anyway. That's because the latest feature isn't available to everyone.
"Get your search on," wrote the company. "DM search is rolling out to everyone on iOS today."
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Hear that? That low roar slowly building into a piercing shriek? That's the sound of a million Android devotees screaming in agony.
Back in August, Twitter released a video showing what the new functionality might look like. Notably, that version allows you to search for "people and groups," but apparently not the content of DMs.
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It's unclear if today's update also allows for searching the textof direct messages. At the time of this writing, this author (who has the latest version of Twitter on iOS) is only able to search for people and groups.
SEE ALSO: Twitter tests filter to bury unwanted DMs even furtherBut hey, it's a start. Now, we just need to wait another 13 years or so and we'll finally be able to search DM content as well.
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