Twitter Overhauls Profiles on iOS in the 'Biggest Update to Date'

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Twitter Overhauls Profiles on iOS in the 'Biggest Update to Date'
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Twitter updated its iPhone app with completely redesigned profiles on Thursday.

The new profiles emphasize users' bios, photos and favorited tweets -- in addition to their own tweets.

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"This is our biggest update to profiles to date," the company wrote in a blog post. "Featuring a fresh design, the updated profiles focus on your bio, Tweets and photos, making it easy for you to get a glimpse into the people you care about on Twitter."

The redesigned profiles include three tabs: tweets, photos and favorites. The photos tab displays images you have tweeted, while favorites surfaces tweets you have favorited. User bios are also immediately surfaced in the profile view; previously, you had to swipe across the top of a person's header image to view his or her bio.

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The updated app is available to iOS users running iOS 7 or higher. The company says the redesigned profiles will eventually come to the Android app but the timing of that update isn't clear.

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