Product history
TweetDeck was originally an independent Twitter client created by Iain Dodsworth. Its first version was released on July 4, 2008.[18] The iPhone version was released on June 19, 2009. In May 2010, the iPad version of TweetDeck was released after a public beta period. The Android version was made available in October 2010.
On May 25, 2011, Twitter, Inc., the then-operator of the social networking service Twitter acquired TweetDeck. On September 15, 2011, TweetDeck tweeted an announcement for a new update for all versions of its application. As part of this update, TweetDeck said that, "As part of the process of making TweetDeck more consistent with Twitter.com & Twitter's mobile apps, we're removing deck.ly from our apps."[19] Deck.ly previously allowed users to post tweets in excess of the 140-character limit. Many users expressed their anger at this feature removal in the comments on the iOS and Android Market.[20]
Twitter released a new version of TweetDeck on December 8, 2011, branded as "TweetDeck by Twitter", as part of Twitter's redesign of its services. TweetDeck changed from an Adobe AIR application to a native Windows and Mac OS X application in this release, introducing a web version of TweetDeck for WebKit-based browsers based on TweetDeck's existing Google Chrome App. The update dropped support for LinkedIn,[21] Google Buzz, Foursquare, MySpace accounts.
On March 4, 2013, TweetDeck announced in a blog post that they would be suspending mobile versions of TweetDeck including TweetDeck AIR, TweetDeck for iPhone and TweetDeck for Android, which were removed from their respective app stores in May. TweetDeck said they would "focus our development efforts on our modern, web-based versions".[22]
Users were informed in May 2013 that "Facebook is no longer supported in TweetDeck", and that Facebook accounts and Facebook columns would be removed on May 7.[23] All unofficial variants of TweetDeck stopped working in early May 2013 because of more restrictive API version 1.1.[24] At 12:00 PM EDT, Twitter turned off API v1, which effectively shut down the Android, iOS, and AIR versions of TweetDeck.
On December 11, 2013, Twitter began allowing new TweetDeck users to sign in with their Twitter usernames and passwords, removing the previous barrier-to-entry requiring users to register a separate TweetDeck account. In a blog post, Twitter said, "When single sign in is fully available to all current users, we'll also make it possible to seamlessly integrate your current TweetDeck settings and preferences".[25]
A cross-site scripting vulnerability in TweetDeck was discovered on June 11, 2014, leading to a self-replicating tweet that affected over 83,000 Twitter users.[26] The Windows app ceased functioning on April 15, 2016.[27][28] The macOS app stopped functioning on July 1, 2022, with users being directed to the TweetDeck website instead.[29]
Twitter announced on July 3, 2023, that TweetDeck will become a Twitter Blue exclusive feature in a month's time.[30] Elon Musk stated on July 29, 2023, that TweetDeck will soon been renamed XPro, matching Twitter's rebranding to X.[31] Around the same time, the @TweetDeck handle was changed to @Pro, and the name was altered to have a space between X and Pro. X Pro became a Premium feature on August 15, 2023.[32][33]
On November 27, 2023, the service's URL was changed from tweetdeck.twitter.com to pro.twitter.com.[34] It was subsequently changed to pro.x.com on May 17, 2024, when X changed its main URL from twitter.com to x.com.[35]
On March 26, 2026, existing Premium users attempting to use the feature received the message "X Pro is only accessible on the X Premium+ plan and above. Please upgrade your plan to use X Pro." X did not announce the change in advance. [8][36]
