Twitter Tests ‘Snooze’ Feature That Temporarily Silences Notifications

Twitter is testing a “Snooze” button that means that you can pause push notifications from the cell app for an allotted time.

Discovered by tech blogger Jane Manchun Wong, the experimental characteristic lets customers briefly snooze push notifications for one hour, three hours, or 12 hours.

As Wong notes, the setting ought to turn out to be useful for customers who wish to stop their telephones from incessantly buzzing as a result of their tweet went viral, or if they simply wish to flip their consideration away from social media for some time.

In its current incarnation the characteristic seems as a crossed-out bell icon within the top-right nook of Twitter’s notifications tab. Tapping the icon brings up a sheet of three snooze durations to select from.

Twitter is testing Snooze characteristic, permitting customers to pause notifications for 1 hour, three hours or 12 hours!

I wrote a weblog for the primary look of this unreleased characteristic https://t.co/EoNYaRHraQ

Tip @Techmeme pic.twitter.com/qm3aMM2Q00

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 6, 2019

When a sleep time is ready, customers do not obtain push notifications from Twitter, however notifications nonetheless seem within the notifications tab. The characteristic is unbiased of any system-level notifications settings for the app, and might be disabled with one other faucet of the Snooze icon.

Snooze was found in Twitter’s Android app. The social media firm usually trials new options on one platform or in choose territories earlier than rolling them out globally if the testing part is taken into account a hit.

Twitter has been experimenting with methods to present extra management to customers as it really works to create a “healthier service” via slicing down on abuse and spam.

In June, for instance, the corporate launched a “Hide Replies” characteristic that gives Twitter customers with extra management over the replies which can be seen following a tweet.