Vine for Android launches

Vine may already have 13 million users but for Twitter that's clearly just the start as the inventive video-sharing app is now heading to Android smartphones

Twitter has now launched Vine for Android with the video-sharing app now available to download via the Google Play store for smartphones boasting Android 4.0+.

The app won't be as fully-fledged as the iOS version with a lack of support for the front-facing camera and some other missing features however Twitter has confirmed that from the outset it will have one key function that won't be available on iPhone: The ability to zoom.

Over the coming weeks Twitter will be boosting the app with more updates to bring it on par with the iOS version including support for the front-facing camera, hashtags and more.

Twitter has also confirmed that it will be working to bring features to the Android version which could only work on Google's operating system. Making a rare appearance in the blog post was Google's exclusive Samsung Galaxy S4 Nexus Edition