Late last week Twitter rolled out a new image search function that previews photos at the top of queries. This improvement has been in the works for some time, and is a step towards a head-to-head battle between Twitter and social image giant Instagram.

Twitter says the move was made to “highlight the photos, videos and news shared on Twitter, all wrapped up in more social context,” according to Tian Wang on the Twitter blog.

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