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Although in the midst of the Grok fiasco, X is apparently bringing some changes to its platform features.
The Elon Musk-owned platform has begun rolling out a redesigned notifications experience alongside improvements to cashtag displays and user interaction counts.
According to platform testers and user interface previews, the updated notifications tab includes a new priority view that is intended to help users surface the most relevant alerts more efficiently, a development designed to address long-standing requests for better notification filtering. This update is part of a broader navigation refresh that places the priority section alongside existing tabs such as all notifications, mentions, and verified alerts, allowing users to quickly access what matters most without navigating through less critical interactions.
In addition to interface refinements, X has improved how cashtags, i.e., ticker symbols prefixed with a dollar sign used to tag financial assets, appear and function on the platform.
The enhanced cashtag support now shows clearer counts of engagements associated with these tags, providing users with more transparent visibility into how frequently specific symbols are referenced and interacted with in posts. These enhancements build on X’s previous updates to cashtag usability and are intended to support communities that rely on the platform for real-time business and financial discussions.
Cashtags have increasingly intersected with broader market sentiment analysis, particularly in cryptocurrency and stock discussions, where more precise engagement metrics can contribute to clearer social signal tracking and market sentiment interpretation. Observers note that refined cashtag functionality could strengthen X’s role as a hub for financial conversation and data trends, especially among active traders and investors.
This latest update brings in some extra information and could eventually fit into a larger strategy for enabling asset trading on the platform, especially once XMoney goes live.
So, we’ve got two useful updates tailored for specific X communities. However, one group that would really benefit from the second update hasn’t been too happy with X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, lately.
In a comment response, Bier said the following about Notifications:
The rollout of these features is expected to occur in phases, with broader availability across iOS and Android devices as the company refines performance and gathers user feedback. Stakeholders and active users will be watching how the updates affect day-to-day engagement and overall platform satisfaction as X continues its transition from its legacy identity into a more dynamic, user-centric social ecosystem.
