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Tune out, log in, catch up with Twitter

Good news for sufferers of Fomo (Fear of Missing Out). Twitter is adding a new "While you were away..." feature that packs in all the popular stuff you may have missed when you were selfishly ignoring your smartphone to take care of silly necessities such as sleeping and eating.

Joking aside, it works best for those who check in on Twitter now and again: the more often you check your tweets, the less likely you are to see this. It's essentially a "best of" from your timeline, and the tweets that make this list are "determined by engagement and other factors," says Twitter product manager Paul Rosania.

If you’re on iOS this feature will appear now, while Android and Twitter.com users can expect it soon.

blog.twitter.com /2015/while-you-were-away-0