Twitter is rolling out "user galleries" to members beginning Monday. Galleries will display the 100 most-recent images the user has tweeted -- dating back to January 1, 2010 -- from supported photo-sharing services.
Galleries will live on a user's profile and highlight a few recent images. A visitor can click the "view all" button to see even more images in either a grid view showing image thumbnails or a detail view highlighting the most-recent image and the text of the tweet that was shared along with it.
The update ties into Twitter's photo-sharing push and will dramatically change the appearance of Twitter profiles. Galleries will provide equal billing to images shared via third-party app makers but also serve to remind users that Twitter is no longer a place just for 140 characters -- it's for photos, too. The update is likely designed to entice Twitter users to add more photos to their tweets.
Galleries, at launch, will be image-only. Twitter Communications Manager Carolyn Penner said in a tweet that users can expect to see the update Monday. "We're rolling out one of my fave features today: user galleries! View photos an account has shared on Twitter. Sit tight - it's coming soon," she tweeted.