{"id":16660,"date":"2025-12-18T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/x-tests-watch-history-tab\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:54:00","slug":"x-tests-watch-history-tab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/x-tests-watch-history-tab\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                X Tests Watch History Tab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/x-tests-watch-history-tab\/#X_Tests_Watch_History_Tab\" >X Tests Watch History Tab<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"X_Tests_Watch_History_Tab\"><\/span>\n                X Tests Watch History Tab<br \/>\n            <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/808344\/2025-12-19_09.44.52\/x-formerly-twitter-tests-watch-tab-updated-reply-notifications.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>X is working on a new watch history feature, which would make it easier to find that one video you saw that one time, but now you can\u2019t remember the details of, nor who posted it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"X watch history\" data-imagemodel=\"191207\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/YUfcQxK_Q8XQWobspPZKknEqaP0Ib39GOiWtdGwzNkc\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS94X3NlZW4ucG5n.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>As you can see in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikitabier\/status\/2001350183209332963\" style=\"color:#0563c1\">this screenshot<\/a>, shared by X\u2019s Head of Product <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikitabier\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1\">Nikita Bier<\/a>, X is experimenting with a new \u201cSeen\u201d tab option, which would track all of the videos that you\u2019ve watched in the app. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>It\u2019s not clear at this stage whether this will be a full log of every post that you\u2019ve viewed, nor how far it will go back. But like similar history tools in other apps, the idea is that this will make it easy to get back to posts that have lodged in your memory, but not enough to recall the details. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>You might also have noticed a new presentation or user replies in this screenshot, with bubble icons highlighting people you follow who\u2019ve replied to a post in-stream. That could add another engagement-driving element, by prompting users to check out what they\u2019re friends are saying about a post. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>These additions to X\u2019s UI are still in testing, with Bier exploring more ways to keep people scrolling and posting in the app. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Though, as has become the norm with X, it generally doesn\u2019t make big announcements about such when they are actually released. X\u2019s team moves quickly from testing to shipping of new features and changes, and lets users discover them over time. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>And some of those have been effective, while others\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Just recently, X updated its ranking for the \u201cFollowing\u201d feed, which now ensures<\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> that you\u2019ll see the most relevant posts for you, based on your past actions in the app. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>So you\u2019re no longer seeing your Following feed in chronological order, while X also now defaults users into its algorithmically-defined \u201cFor You\u201d tab. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>So you can\u2019t set the Following feed as your default, and you won\u2019t see any display in reverse chronological order, unless you manually switch over to such each time that you log in.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>These two updates are significant, because they enable X to get more engagement from users by keeping them scrolling in the For You feed, which it can populate with a broader range of content, as opposed to the user-defined Following stream.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Though the end result here is difficult to measure from the outside. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>I can say with some confidence that X\u2019s AI-defined For You feed has improved over time, ensuring more relevant posts are being displayed to each user each time that they log in. But at the same, the Following feed is now worse, because it\u2019s harder to keep up with the latest posts from profiles that you\u2019ve chosen to follow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>In the end, X would prefer you use its Grok-powered For You feed either way, but it\u2019s impossible to predict what the long-term impacts of these changes will be, especially without access to any internal metrics.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>X\u2019s updates to its other functions are smaller, but align with that same push, to get people spending more time in the app, and coming back more often. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Will that work? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>I don\u2019t really see X growing in any significant way, unless there are some major change in the app, while Threads also continues to embed itself as a viable alternative for many communities. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Improved AI recommendations may increase scroll time, but it also still feels like X gives disproportionate exposure to posts from its owner, and his own pet peeves and projects, which could impact ongoing engagement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/x-formerly-twitter-tests-watch-tab-updated-reply-notifications\/808344\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Tests Watch History Tab Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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