Twitterrific, one of the oldest and most popular third-party Twitter clients in the App Store, has today received a significant update that adds facial recognition technology to the app for proper alignment of attached images, among other improvements. The update also brings new swipe gestures, rich media previews, new notification types for both iOS and Apple Watch and tons of bug fixes.

Below is a complete list of what’s new in Twitterrific version 5.12.1:

NEW FEATURES

• Rich media previews use facial recognition to properly frame subjects
• Swipe from left screen edge to go back/dismiss the current view
• New notification type: quoted tweets (iOS & Apple Watch)
• Enable/Disable in notification settings

IMPROVEMENTS

• Optimized loading, rotation, and scrolling throughout the application
• Visual improvements to navigation bars and in-app notification banners
• In-app notifications no longer obscure bottom timeline navigation
• Gestures for dismissing photos and videos are now more responsive
• Tapping timeline header bars now supports scroll to top/marker behavior
• Zosimo font supports Cyrillic and improves readability
• Improved network efficiency when saving Tweetmarker
• Improved readability for notifications on Apple Watch
• Improved VoiceOver support on Apple Watch

You can grab the free update at the following App Store link:

Download Twitterrific 5 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad [Direct Link]