HootSuite for iPhone Update with Translation, Facebook & Geo-location
Built for Socializing
HootSuite adds more tools to the iPhone version of the popular social media dashboard including: instant language translation, geo-location, and Facebook integration plus several key interface enhancements.
With the latest update, you’re still able to manage and monitor multiple Twitter accounts, track keywords and brands, plus explore on-board click-through stats… but we’ve added even more treats.
This release adds the ability to translate Twitter and Facebook messages on the fly — in 50+ languages! Additionally, users can update Facebook accounts, compose Twitter messages in landscape view, share geo-location info, “reply-to-all” with one click, and “Bump™” iPhones to follow one another.
Time for a Holiday
No matter where you’re headed, this Owl will help you stay in touch and informed with instant translation to 50+ languages, geo-location to pinpoint yourself on the globe, and Facebook Profiles and Pages added to the mix — plus a few surprises in the suitcase. With all these new tools, the Owl decided to hop on the plane for a worldwide tour with iPhone in tow.
Check out the new features in action at exotic world locales in this video then get your thumbs on the updated HootSuite for iPhone for a bundle of surprises designed for any quest — from your neighborhood to around the world.
Facebook your Fans
The new release adds Facebook support, allowing you to update your status (in the aforementioned world languages), track your friends’ news updates, and schedule your messages for future publishing. Beyond Facebook Profiles, you can import Facebook Pages from your HootSuite account, and add “likes” to your friends’ posts.
Translate-ability
This Owl is international – Track Twitter conversations from around the world with instant translation to and from over 50 languages — ideal for monitoring relevant topics and brand mentions from global friends and customers. You can also compose in your native language and translate on the go — then post your update to both Twitter and Facebook — makes running international outreach campaigns easy.
Wherever you Go … Geo
Alert the world to your exact location by including geo-location data with your Twitter update. Great for chronicling a trip, remembering a special spot, or for helping friends find you for fun times. Just click a button to pinpoint your location, and your Twitter posts will be tagged with your whereabouts.
Well Groomed Owl
The new HootSuite for iPhone enjoys a freshened interface with large, intuitive buttons, plus a landscape view for composing Twitter updates in a larger, thumb-friendly space. Additionally, you can easily catch up with all the messages since the last time you checked with a “drag and refresh” option, plus quickly populate a message with all recipients using the “Reply to All” option.
Enter the Lab
Seeking a fun way to add followers in person? Dig into HootSuite Labs to try the “Bump™ to follow” feature — to try, just high five another HootSuite-enabled iPhone and you’ll see the chance to follow each other with a confirmation click. Fist pump, low five, freeze frame five — they all work. Enjoy testing this beta feature, no lab coat required.
More:
Press release with screenshots
Time for a Holiday video – features music “The Nostalgic Buffoon” by Jeremiah Jacobs (@jeremiahjacobs)
Note: “Bump” is ™ of Bump Technologies, Inc. http://bu.mp/
When are you going to do this for Android?
I can’t seem to figure out how to import my Fan Pages into the app. Any tips?
linkedIn is REALLY REALLY important to me as well… the other two… well, very secondary.
Loving the update guys!
A few things:
- I prefer the style of the prior drag down to update (minor visual thing)
- Don’t like how when swiping to another column it auto updates. Make it an option?
- It didn’t auto add the facebook account that I have in my hootsuite account to the iPhone app.
Looking forward to:
- instapaper support (add url in a tweet to instapaper)
- drafts support (including sync with the web version)
- iPad version? :)
@atariboy
great update thank you! I’m a big fan of HootSuite for iPhone since the very first version released. The Facebook integration is a cool add-on, now I’m looking for a Linkedin profile connection, too :)
Can you update Facebook Pages from the Hootsuite 2.0 web site twitter suite? Having trouble finding that feature and it seems like perhaps you can only do this via the iphone app.
Thanks,
Garrett
Proud Hootsuite Power User: @the405club (Un)Employment Support Network
How do you import Facebook Pages in the iPhone app? I can’t find it.
Echoing Steven McHenry: When are these updates coming to Android?
Go to settings and then select “launch welcome wizard.” This will reset your stuff but it will import your accounts from hootsuite.com
Thanks for the continued support but I am wishing for Instapaper support. As it stands, I seem to jump between Hootsuite for iPhone and Tweetie 2. I would prefer to stick with Hootsuite. Oh, and chalk up another vote for the LinkedIn support.
Thanks for the ideas – please add your feature requests to: http://feedback.hootsuite.com
If you have them setup on your hootsuite dashboard do this; Go to settings and then select “launch welcome wizard.” This will reset your stuff but it will import your accounts from hootsuite.com and it will import
For android please…..
Same here, I’ve been able to import my profile but haven’t found a way to manage my Facebook pages.
Can somebody from Hootsuite PLEASE reply us and tell us how to import Pages???
We’ll post an article on the Help Desk http://help.hootsuite.com
Think landscape view would be even more useful with the internal browser!
Sure you could tap to zoom on iPhone, but it doesn’t automatically do a text reflow so you can to scroll left to right.
Android needs some love too? How much long are you gonna tease us?
It didn’t import my Facebook fan pages either. Would love to be able to update my Fan Pages as well. Help!
Yes, the whole point of buying this was so that I can update my facebook pages from my iphone. I don’t need to update regular FB from iphone (there’s an app for that).
How do I import my Facebook Pages into the app??
Yep my Facebook page didn’t import either. I’m kind of disappointed.
HootSuite crashes everytime I try to view my Facebook stream. I rebooted my phone and that didn’t fix the problem. Anyone else having this problem?
This just seems to happen under a certain group I have. Works when I try under the Facebook tab.
Please visit help.hootsuite.com for technical support
How is this different then AOL’s Lifestream?
Ok Guys – Since nobody from Hootsuite wants to reply, I finally got the answer.
All you need to do is, go to Launch Welcome Wizard and this will reset the app and all data. Key in your details and hit Import from Hootsuite. That’s it. All your pages should now be there
For Ipad please… As it simply doesn’t work on their #%+/?Safari!
I too would like to know when facebook support is coming to android. I just purchased the full version of the app expecting facebook support (which, along with scheduling is the whole reason i use hootsuite) and to my disappointment facebook was not supported.
Thanks KeyboardCo! I was having trouble with HootSuite iPhone app crashing while setting up FB account. (Hadn’t any problems w Hoot Suite web app.). Relaunching the welcome wizard on HS iPhone app was the solution. Now my HS iPhone app seems to be properly integrated w my FB page.
I eagerly await an Android version.
Desperately need LinkedIn Support on iPhone app. Would also LOVE an AIR version of Hootsuite.
I also want to update my fan pages in Facebook! in the advertisement you say we can do it but it seems we are not able to do it, if we are can anyone tell us how?
Best regards
Hi Rodrigo, Just check the Help Desk for an article about how to add and update your Fan Page on Facebook http://help.hootsuite.com – Enjoy!
Is there any version for android? I’d love to use it..
Yes HootSuite is available for Android. Just visit http://hootsuite.com/android to download and be sure to follow @hootdroid for updates and news.
Hi, I’ve just bought Windows Phone mobile.. I usually used hootsuite with my old phone. Anyway, is there any Hootsuite app for Windows Phone user? How I can get it?
Thank you in advance.
I have been trying to install Facebook fan page on app for iphone without success. Followed advice on http://help.hootsuite.com/entries/165487-can-i-add-a-facebook-page-to-hootsuite-for-iphone without success. Can anyone help. Thanks
Hi Mark,
Send an email to support@hootsuite.com with a detailed description of your steps. Our support team will be able to help you out from there.
Is this app still available? I couldn’t find it in the app store?
Hi Grant, It’s still available and you can find it here.
Thanks for your help Andy. I was searching in store and your link is really helpful.