New Twitter features: native video and 'highlighted' tweets Twitter users will be able to upload and tweet videos natively from next year, just as they currently can with images - but a less welcome change is the introduction of "highlighted" tweets that will change the chronological nature of the social network. The compant plans changes to the simple, chronological way that messages are shown - a move that could alienate those users who appreciate the network precisely because it has a simplicity absent among competitors. In a blog post late last night Kevin Weil, vice president of product at Twitter, wrote in a blog post: "Right now, what you see of the 500 million tweets published every day is based entirely on who you follow, and that's a great model for many people. But with that many tweets every day, there's no way even the most avid Twitter user will find everything that's relevant to their interests in any particular moment. That's why we're exploring ways to surface relevant tweets so the content that is interesting to you is easy to discover - whether you stay on Twitter all day or visit for a few minutes - while still preserving the real-time nature of the platform that makes Twitter special. This new strategy will involve tracking who users follow and what sort of tweets they read, retweet and favourite, and then using that information to present a selection of messages that could be of interest to them. Until now messages have simply been shown in chronological order. The company has also discussed plans for "instant personalised timelines" for those users who do not want to spend the time finding people they want to follow. It is designed to solve the problem of new users who sign up and then face a blank page with nobody to follow - adding suggested accounts would get people up and running much faster and - the company hopes - boost engagement. Another announcement was the ability to include tweets in direct messages, to allow two people to privately discuss an individual message more easily than by simply including a URL. Do you want Twitter to change your timeline?