Whenever users try to share the link of a social media post on a messaging platform, it automatically generates a link preview in most cases. These previews summarise the content of the link destination with a title, description and thumbnail. Link previews of Twitter posts are reportedly not working on some messaging platforms. According to a report by 9to5Google, Twitter link previews are showing blank for some iMessage and Slackusers.The report claims that when a Twitter link is being shared on these messaging platforms, it’s not auto-generating a preview. We at TOI-GadgetsNow also checked for Twitter link previews on iMessage and it wasn’t working for us as well.
How is it affecting users?
This issue is affecting Apple’s rich media preview feature available on iMessage for iPhone, Mac and other devices. In standard cases, when iPhone users share a Twitter link, the preview shows the tweet without needing to click it. The social media platform also shows a thumbnail from the tweet if it includes attachments.
As per the report, this issue might be due to a disconnect between Twitter and Apple servers. For this issue, the tweet links when shared are showing “twitter.com” with no context in the preview. The bug may look like Apple’s latest Lockdown Mode feature that restricts links in iMessages from even being opened. But, the Twitter link preview doesn’t look that severe.
How is it affecting users?
This issue is affecting Apple’s rich media preview feature available on iMessage for iPhone, Mac and other devices. In standard cases, when iPhone users share a Twitter link, the preview shows the tweet without needing to click it. The social media platform also shows a thumbnail from the tweet if it includes attachments.
As per the report, this issue might be due to a disconnect between Twitter and Apple servers. For this issue, the tweet links when shared are showing “twitter.com” with no context in the preview. The bug may look like Apple’s latest Lockdown Mode feature that restricts links in iMessages from even being opened. But, the Twitter link preview doesn’t look that severe.
Users can click the link and it’ll redirect them to the specific tweets, so the links don’t seem to be affected by the issue. If users can’t see the preview, they can click on the link to open Twitter on the web or app to see what’s been shared with them. However, Twitter’s link previews come in handy, especially for users who share and comment on tweets often.
This is not the first time such an issue has surfaced for users who access Twitter on their iPhones. In 2022, a similar issue was resolved on Twitter’s end quickly. In this case, both Twitter and Apple are yet to acknowledge the issue.
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