Reddit gets new search features, including the option to search by media in the app

Reddit has announced some new search features for its app and mobile browser version. For example, there will be a ‘Media’ tab in the app that allows users to search for individual images. Searching should be faster via the mobile web version.

In addition to ‘Posts’, ‘Comments’, ‘Communities’ and ‘Users’, a ‘Media’ heading has also been added to the Reddit app’s search function, the social media platform says. in a blog post. It is now also possible to search for images, gifs and videos within subreddits, in addition to posts and comments. This function is currently only available via the iOS and Android apps, according to a Reddit spokesperson to The Verge that this will also be added to the web version later.

Furthermore, Reddit promises that searching has been made easier for users who are not logged in and are using the mobile version of the service. More filter options are available for this group and they can search specifically for comments or posts. Searching via the mobile browser should also be ‘up to 85 percent’ faster, the service claims. In addition, the spam filters of the search results have now been improved, promises the company.

Finally, search results for both media, posts and comments should now be compatible with screen readers. Reddit states that ‘labels, properties, values ​​and statuses’ will be added for ‘all elements’ on these pages, so that users can better operate the app using text-to-speech. This should make the app more accessible for blind and visually impaired users. Had before this group criticized the platform’s API changes, because they were afraid that accessibility apps and tools would no longer be able to be kept up and running. This was necessary, these users argued, because the official Reddit app would provide a poor experience for the blind and partially sighted.