Fenice for Twitter grabs a Sunday update with vast improvements all around

When it comes to Twitter apps on Windows 10 and Mobile users have quite a few to choose from each with a strong set of features. Fenice became a full-fledged universal app back at the beginning of December and since then has been receiving a regular set of updates and new features.

Version 2.8.1 just went live on the Store today meaning you can now update your app if you have it already installed. Looking for the changes? We have those too, and it turns out to be quite the laundry list of fixes and improvements. Let's take a look.

Fenice Desktop Version 2.8.1 Changelog

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

  • YouTube videos are now played inside the app!
  • Preview of attached media in the tweet page
  • Retweets/Likes indicators are back!
  • Mentions & Hashtag suggestion completely rewritten and improved
  • New search page with advanced search support
  • You can now disable in-app notifications (the device, if possible, will vibrate instead)
  • You won't be notified anymore about notifications you've dismissed
  • New Jump List shortcuts
  • Accounts are now synced immediately with all your devices
  • Improved startup speed (you'll have to login again, sorry!)
  • Redesigned list page with improved features
  • Behind the scenes changes

UI IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES

  • Fixes SoundCloud integration

BUG FIXES

  • Now the app adds users to lists correctly
  • Fixes app crashes in some circumstances
  • Fixes a bug that reset the number of tweets to load to the default value
  • Fixes an issue that could have loaded tweets in the wrong order
  • Fixes the error "Could not authenticate you" when switching from Trial to full app

Fenice Mobile Version 2.8.1 Changelog

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

  • YouTube videos are now played inside the app!
  • Preview of attached media in the tweet page
  • Retweets/Likes indicators are back!
  • New quick way to go to the top of the timeline
  • Mentions & Hashtag suggestion completely rewritten and improved
  • New search page with advanced search support
  • You can now disable some in-app notifications (the device, if possible, will vibrate instead)
  • You won't be notified anymore about notifications you've dismissed
  • Accounts are now synced immediately with all your devices
  • New actions for the action button (the 5° button now has a name!)
  • Redesigned list page with improved features
  • Behind the scenes changes

CONTINUUM

  • The app should now automatically adapt to the new screen without a restart

UI IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES

  • Fixes SoundCloud integration

BUG FIXES

  • Now the app adds users to lists correctly
  • Fixes app crashes in some circumstances
  • Fixes a bug that reset the number of tweets to load to the default value
  • Fixes an issue that could have loaded tweets in the wrong order
  • Fixes the error "Could not authenticate you" when switching from Trial to full app

Needless to say, that is a lot of stuff fixed and improved. Fenice for Twitter is quickly rising to the top of our favorite Twitter apps due to some unique features like the built in meme catalog or text face that make it a lot of fun. Combined with the frequent updates and growing list of native features and it is an app hard to ignore.

Fenice runs for $1.99 as like all third-party Twitter apps they have to contend with Twitter's developer token restriction. Is it worth the $2? We think so especially if you are looking for something with a little more oomph than the official Twitter app.

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Daniel Rubino
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.