Twitter is killing its apps for Xbox One, Roku, and Android TV

Today, Twitter announced that it will be discontinuing its native apps for Xbox One, Roku, and Android TV, suggesting that users head over to the Twitter website as an alternative.

Rich Woods former Senior Editor for North America Neowin @TheRichWoods · May 22, 2018 17:20 EDT · Hot! with 8 comments

If you're one of those people that enjoys using Twitter on their TV, you're in for some bad news. Twitter today announced that it will discontinue its apps on the Xbox One, Roku, and Android TV. The apps will no longer be available beginning this Thursday, May 24.

On Thursday, May 24, Twitter for Roku, Twitter for Android TV and Twitter for Xbox will no longer be available. To get the full Twitter experience, visit https://t.co/fuPJa3nVky on your device or desktop.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) May 22, 2018

The news isn't all that surprising, with the social networking company seemingly streamlining its apps. On Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile, Twitter is now a PWA, and any app that's not on one of the latest versions of the OS will stop working on June 1. That includes Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, and early versions of Windows 10.

Obviously, viewing a Twitter feed on the big screen isn't an entirely popular thing to do. The company recommends visiting its web app from your device instead, although it didn't clarify if there's any chance that it will replace any of these apps with its PWA.