X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X 在历经一年努力后重新发布了重构版 Android 应用
Nearly a year ago, Elon Musk-owned X announced it would begin rebuilding the Android version of its app, which had not held up well compared with its iOS counterpart. On Monday, the company shipped the refreshed app, which is now available to download. 大约一年前，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）旗下的 X 宣布将开始重构其 Android 版应用，此前该版本在性能表现上一直逊色于 iOS 版本。周一，该公司正式发布了更新后的应用，目前已开放下载。
The new Android version of X was built from scratch and promises improvements to loading, scrolling, notifications, and more, X said in its announcement. X 在公告中表示，全新的 Android 版 X 是从零开始构建的，在加载速度、滚动流畅度、通知推送等方面均有显著提升。
“We’ve completely rebuilt the Android X app from the ground up. It’s faster, smoother, and more reliable than the old version in every way. We modernized the foundation so everything just feels better: scrolling, loading, notifications, you name it.” “我们从底层彻底重构了 Android 版 X 应用。它在各个方面都比旧版本更快、更流畅、更可靠。我们对基础架构进行了现代化改造，因此一切体验都变得更好：滚动、加载、通知，应有尽有。”
The update has been in development for nearly a year. Last August, X head of product Nikita Bier said the social network company was putting together an Android “dream team” to reshape the experience. Later that fall, he also noted that X had one of its biggest weeks ever for Android downloads in October — a reason why the new app was a priority for the company. 此次更新历经近一年的开发。去年 8 月，X 产品负责人 Nikita Bier 表示，该公司正在组建一支 Android “梦之队”来重塑用户体验。同年秋季，他还提到 X 在 10 月份迎来了 Android 端下载量最高的几周之一，这也是公司将新应用列为优先事项的原因。
With today’s release, Bier described the effort as “one of the largest engineering projects” in the company’s history, saying the new Android app was built from scratch rather than simply being updated. 随着今日的发布，Bier 将此项工作描述为公司历史上“最大的工程项目之一”，并强调新的 Android 应用是完全从零构建，而非简单的版本更新。
“It’s faster, smoother and more reliable. But most of all: it will enable us to build new features at lightning speed,” Bier wrote on X. “它更快、更流畅、更可靠。但最重要的是：它将使我们能够以闪电般的速度开发新功能，”Bier 在 X 上写道。
The Elon Musk-owned social network has been rolling out a number of new features in recent months, including X Money and X Chat, which were given their own standalone apps. The Android release could also potentially entice more users in global markets, where Android is the dominant smartphone platform, to either download or return to X, after years of platform neglect. (Problems on Android were so bad at one point last year that the X app couldn’t even load X posts when users clicked links.) 这家由马斯克拥有的社交网络近几个月来推出了多项新功能，包括 X Money 和 X Chat，并为它们提供了独立的应用程序。此次 Android 版本的发布，或许能吸引全球市场（Android 是该市场的主流智能手机平台）中更多用户下载或回归 X，此前该平台在 Android 端曾被忽视多年。（去年 Android 端的问题一度严重到用户点击链接时甚至无法加载 X 帖子。）
However, Bier warned that there are still some rough edges to iron out, including improving performance on older Android devices and adding support for Spaces, X’s live audio feature. Those updates are still underway. Bier added that other features, including the new video editor, the react-with-video feature, cashtags, and custom timelines are also coming soon to Android. 不过，Bier 也提醒称，仍有一些细节需要完善，包括提升在旧款 Android 设备上的性能，以及增加对 X 直播音频功能 Spaces 的支持。这些更新目前正在进行中。Bier 补充说，其他功能，包括新的视频编辑器、视频回复功能、Cashtags（股票标签）和自定义时间线也将很快登陆 Android 平台。
Existing Android users can get the new X app by updating their existing app through the Google Play Store. 现有的 Android 用户可以通过 Google Play 商店更新现有应用来获取全新的 X 应用。