News > Social Media Twitter Finally Makes it Easy to Search Other People’s Tweets Available to iOS users By Lawrence Bonk Lawrence Bonk News Reporter Florida State University Lawrence Bonk is a tech news reporter for Lifewire, specializing in gaming, AI, VR, and consumer tech, including iOS, macOS, wearables, and more. lifewire's editorial guidelines Published on November 5, 2021 11:48AM EDT Fact checked by Jerri Ledford Fact checked by Jerri Ledford Western Kentucky University Gulf Coast Community College Jerri L. Ledford has been writing, editing, and fact-checking tech stories since 1994. Her work has appeared in Computerworld, PC Magazine, Information Today, and many others. lifewire's fact checking process Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Social Media Mobile Phones Internet & Security Computers & Tablets Smart Life Home Theater & Entertainment Software & Apps Social Media Streaming Gaming No longer will humanity have to suffer by aimlessly scrolling through Twitter to find that perfect old tweet sent by a politician or celebrity. Twitter has instituted a new search bar that allows you to easily scour through the tweets of an individual user, as reported by XDA Developers. This feature had been in beta for a while but just rolled out to all iOS users. Jeremy Bezanger You have to download the latest version of Twitter’s iOS app to access the search bar. There has been no word as to when or if this feature would roll out for Android users or for those who prefer the web-based Twitter client. Twitter always allowed this action but made users jump through some hoops to do it. Prior to this, you’d have to use From:Username Term modifier in Twitter search or get creative with Google. Lifewire The social media giant has been busy as of late, officially rolling out a subscription service, Blue, back in June for users in Australia and Canada, and testing new features with those subscribers. Twitter Blue lets you undo tweets, add custom color schemes, and more. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up! Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit