Twitter for Android updated with a new design, universal search

Twitter has released a new version of Twitter for Android, bringing t more in line with the company of other official Twitter applications and providing a more consistent experience across platforms and devices. You can download the new version of the application (Android 2.1 or higher required) from the Android market.

Most noticeable is the new design of the application: when first Login, you will see your timeline, along with the icons along the top that allow you to view @ mentions (including retweets), messages and lists. Also, Twitter has introduced auto-complete for usernames. Universal search has been added: when performing a search, you can find tweets with the word you're looking for, tweets sent from people close to your location, or people whose names you include this term. At the bottom of the new research section, you can analyze your address book to find out which of your friends who have chosen to be discoverable are also on Twitter.

Last but not least, the app can now be used even if you have not signed in or do not have an account. Can view trends, browse your interests, see suggested users in various categories and tries to find out what they say about certain topics. Can now also register to Twitter from within your application.

Six months ago, Twitter for Android was not even among the top 10 most used Twitter applications. Over the past two months, however, has doubled the use and is now among the top five with twitter.com, m.twitter.com (service mobile website), Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Blackberry.