Tapbots releases mandatory update for Tweetbot ahead of next week’s Twitter API changes

Tapbots, developers of Tweetbot – the popular Twitter client have just released a mandatory update for the app.

If you’re a Tweetbot user then you should install it as soon as possible as they plan to roll out a change that would make affect all versions of Tweetbot prior to  2.8.8 or 3.2.2.
Tapbots has explained the reason for the mandatory update on their blog:

A couple weeks ago Twitter’s Platform Operations group contacted us and asked us to make a small change to the way Tweetbot communicates with the Twitter API. This change will have no affect on the way Tweetbot works, however two things will occur once this change goes live. All versions of Tweetbot prior to 2.8.8 or 3.2.2 will stop working and you may need to log into your account again. So make sure you are running the latest versions of the app and be prepared to authenticate your account once more. We will be coordinating with Twitter to make the final change on May 29th at 10 A.M. PST. Stay up to date via our @tweetbot account. Thanks for your continued support!

So if you’re a Tweetbot user, please install Tweetbot 3.2.2 for iPhone (iTunes link) and Tweetbot 2.8.8 for iPad (iTunes link) if they haven’t got updated automatically. It looks like you will need to authenticate your accounts once again when the API related changes are rolled out.

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