For those who’ve shared a Twitter hyperlink with somebody through iMessage just lately, you’ll have observed one thing amiss. As a substitute of the standard wealthy media preview of the tweet, generic hyperlinks are being shared with simply “twitter.com” written on it, with none context. Often, sharing hyperlinks on iMessage implies that the receiver will get a preview of the tweet with out opening it. Moreover, a picture additionally pops up within the hyperlink if multiple media attachment is current within the tweet, however in the intervening time, previews aren’t auto-generated.
Accordingly 9to5Mac experiences, the problem is not only iMessage but additionally Slack, one other on the spot messaging platform. We tried sending the tweet to HT Tech as nicely, however the preview solely confirmed the “twitter.com” textual content as a substitute of the wealthy media preview.
The report additional states that this drawback could also be resulting from connectivity between Apple and Twitter servers. This difficulty can be much like the iPhone’s Lockdown Mode, which is an excessive, various safety for the iPhone.
Find out how to repair it
The difficulty shouldn’t be crucial and solely impacts hyperlink previews. If you wish to view the shared content material, you may merely click on on the hyperlink to open the Twitter app or web site. Nevertheless, this isn’t the primary time that preview hyperlinks have been discovered damaged.
The identical drawback occurred final yr when Twitter previews have been damaged and generic hyperlinks have been being shared. The messaging app contacts a selected endpoint to gather the data wanted to show a well-formatted inline tweet bubble. The issue was found on Twitter’s finish and resolved quickly after.
Final yr this difficulty was resolved in a short time and this time too it’s anticipated to be fastened quickly.
