X comes to Twitter for Android, app name will change

Abner Li | Jul 26 2023 - 2:50 pm PT

After changing on the web a few days ago, the new X logo and brand are beginning to appear on Twitter for Android.

About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. We’ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they’ll look in case that they do ship. With that in mind, read on.

For those in the beta channel, X this afternoon rolled out version 10.0.0-beta.0. The blue bird app icon is replaced by the white X on a black background, which is also used as a status bar icon for some notifications. There is, fortunately, an updated themed icon where the X adopts your Dynamic Color theme.

The Android app today is still named “Twitter Beta,” but a dive into the APK by our Dylan Roussel reveals that the launcher name will become “X” at a later point in time when this change hits stable. [U: The Play Store listing has been updated, while the upcoming change will send X to the end of your grid of apps.]

Inside the app, X appears in the app bar of the Home feed, while the next tab offers a “Search X” hint at the top. In the navigation drawer, “Twitter Blue” has been renamed to just “Blue.”

Meanwhile, the app’s package name remains com.twitter.android. That’s unlikely to change as a new app and listing would be required, with developers usually avoiding having people download anything new regardless of the migration. Elsewhere, while x.com/[username] redirects you to twitter.com/[username], the X URL remains twitter.com. It remains to be seen whether that will change.