Twitter is the latest tech company to launch a beta testing program on Android, via the Google Play app marketplace. The company has begun taking sign-ups for its “Twitter for Android Experiment Program,” which will allow users to register to test the latest, unreleased builds of Twitter’s Android application.Users interested in becoming Twitter for Android beta testers can join this Google Group, which then provides further details about the Twitter for Android Experiment Program. The program’s goal, explains Twitter, is to “help us improve Twitter for Android and make it more accessible to people around the world, across a range of Android devices.”
First, make sure you’ve joined this Google Group using the same email address you use to access Google Play. Once you've joined this Google Group with the correct email address follow these easy steps:
- Visit this link and click "Become a Tester" to opt into the program (click here)
- Click "Download Twitter from the Play Store" to update your app
Users who participate in the beta testing program will receive a notification to update their app when new builds are ready, and this build will replace the current Twitter for Android app on your phone. In other words, if using Twitter is mission critical for you on a day-to-day basis, this may not be the beta for you as Twitter warns that “some features may not function as expected” – a nice way of saying a test build is likely to be buggy.
But on the flip side, Android beta testers will get to play around with new features before Twitter launches them publicly, and they may also get a chance to try out features that Twitter decides to never actually ship.
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