Twitter is bringing the ability to tag specific locations to Tweets
via official apps and the web, through a partnership with Foursquare.
The company tweeted about the upcoming feature today, showing a video of
how it’ll work in iOS.Previously, location services in Twitter worked by detecting your coordinates based on your device sensors and assigning a spot based on those parameters. Now, users will be able to tap the location button to get a list of nearby suggested places so that they can ID a very specific spot, like the poutinerie in the example above (which, coincidentally, is why I’m the very best person to report this news).
Location based tweets could do a lot to help Twitter extend its monetization and advertising options, as well as help onboard new users by providing them with location-relevant Tweets before they build their own timeline. The company describes the features in detail over at its Support website.