Twitter Now Supports 280-Character Tweets

After years of speculation and debate, Twitter has announced that all users on the platform are now able to post tweets of up to 280-characters, doubling the limit it originally started with when it launched 10 years ago.

Now, as a tweet is composed, a small circle appears in the lower right hand corner that begins to fill as characters are entered. When space for the last 20 characters is available, the circle changes to orange and a countdown is shown, when the limit is reached, the circle is complete and will turn red.