How do I get notifications from Twitter?

[Tavia]

I have the iPhone 4S & I always open the twitter app to see if I have any retweets or mentions instead of it just popping up on my lock screen like texts do same problem with Facebook. HELP!

[Jayden]

your phone probably isn’t always in front of you. It might be in your pocket or purse or on a table – perhaps with the screen off.

We want to make sure you see important Tweets even when you’re not looking at Twitter at the moment.

Whenever an account that you follow mentions you, you’ll immediately receive a notification. You’ll know who is talking to or about you on Twitter, and you’ll be able to continue the conversation in real-time.

Notifications for @mentions will initially be available on SMS and on the latest version of Twitter for iPhone.

we’re also bringing push notifications for Messages to Twitter for iPhone, as we’ve already done with SMS and Twitter for Blackberry.

We’re working hard to introduce this feature to Twitter for Android and Twitter for Windows Phone soon.

Go to twitter.com/devices and check the boxes under “Text message notifications”. You can change your notifications settings at any time.