One of the recent and most important updates is that Twitter has announced that it has improved its video display process to ensure higher performance in playback.

Some good news: we’ve made updates to improve video quality.

Starting today, videos you upload to Twitter will appear less pixelated for a better watching experience. pic.twitter.com/lJPI14PVRV

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) September 24, 2021

More About Twitter’s Video Playback Update:

Well, what does that mean in practice? Well, you know how sometimes tweeted videos get pixelated back to Commodore 64 times when they start playing in-stream? Well now, that shouldn’t happen, or it should happen a lot less because Twitter’s updated formatting process now working to provide a better, smoother video playback experience.

However, nothing has changed, in terms of technical specs, Twitter’s current video upload specs are:

• Minimum resolution: 32 x 32
• Maximum resolution: 1920 x 1200 (and 1200 x 1900)
• Aspect ratios: 1:2.39 – 2.39:1 range (inclusive)
• Maximum frame rate: 40 fps
• Maximum bitrate: 25 Mbps

Here’s what you need to consider when it comes to video ads resolution:

“1200 x 1200 pixels is recommended for a 1:1 aspect ratio. 1920 x 1080 pixels is recommended for a 16:9 aspect ratio. Larger videos will be better optimized for when users click to expand videos.”

Moreover, Twitter’s video playback update doesn’t impact the previous requirements, however, Twitter’s back-end processing will now be better equipped to ensure your videos look their best, whenever somebody comes across them in-stream.