Twitter has just announced their official app for Android devices and is now available for download for free.

This new app offers some new features which includes URL shortening, menu for Lists, Tweets, Mentions, Like, photo uploading, and lots more. The official Twitter app for Android has clean interface and is easy to use.

According to official Twitter blog:

Twitter for Android is a fantastic application to use, and sharing any link or photo is super simple too – just look for the share button in your favorite application and choose Twitter.

Reading tweets is easy in a bunch of places on your phone. Quickly access your timeline with the homescreen widget, view a tweet location on a map, and see your friend’s latest tweets in your phonebook, GoogleTalk list or any application that uses Android’s QuickContact bar.

Last month, Twitter has released their official app for BlackBerry phones which also brings lots of new features for it’s users, you can check more about it by going to this page.

Twitter for Android – Features

• Quick access to your Twitter timeline directly from the homescreen widget
• See your friend’s tweet location on a map
• Ability to share links and photos with your Twitter followers
• Integration of your friend’s latest tweets in your phonebook contact list using Android’s QuickContact bar

This official Twitter app for Android is only available for devices running Android 2.1 or above.

Twitter for Android – Download

You can download this app for free for your Android phone by searching for “Twitter” in the Android Market or by scanning the QR code given below from your Android phone: