Nikita Bier, head of product at He called the update “one of the biggest changes to X” and a “big task” that took the team “many months” to develop. The feature allows you to pin specific topics to your home tab, so you can switch between them to see the latest discussions about your interests and hobbies.
Bier said that X’s custom timelines are “driven by Grok’s understanding of each post with algorithm personalization.” You have 75 topics to choose from, including food, art, photography, business, finance, movies and television. As you might expect, the customization aspect of the feature works best if it’s a theme you already interact with regularly. X’s new feature is similar to Bluesky and Threads’ custom feeds, which also let you pin theme-based timelines to app home screens, and which its users have been enjoying since 2023 and 2024, respectively.
At the moment, X Custom Timelines is still in its early access phase and is only available to Premium subscribers on iOS. It will also be rolled out to Premium users on Android “very soon.” Bier has also announced that X has released a postponement tool in the For you tab. With the tool you can hide certain topics, such as politics or sports, for 24 hours in your feed. Now available for Premium users on iOS and the web.
