Twitter on Wednesday announced its new feature in India called 'Fleets', the platform's own version of stories that disappear after 24 hours.

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The feature is available for everyone in India on its official Android and iOS apps. It is inspired from Snapchat's 'Stories' that has been used by Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp as well for quite some time.

"We are excited to bring the Fleets experiment to India and make it one of the first three countries in the world to experience this new product. From the test in India, we’ll learn how adding a new mode of conversation changes the way Indians engage on Twitter," said Manish Maheshwari, MD, Twitter India.

Similar to tweets, fleets are primarily based on text and a user can include pictures, videos of GIFs in them as well.

"Testing, testing... We are testing a way for you to think out loud without the likes, retweets or replies, called Fleets! Best part? They disappear after 24 hours," Twitter India wrote on its official handle on Tuesday.

The company also shared a video, demonstrating users on how to use the new feature.

"Fleets are a way to share fleeting thoughts. Unlike tweets, Fleets disappear after 24 hours and do not get retweets, likes or public replies-- people can only react to your Fleets with DMs. Instead of showing up in people`s timelines, Fleets are viewed by tapping on your avatar," Twitter's product lead Kayvon Beykpour had said in March.

Last month, the company also allowed its users to schedule tweets from the main web application.

(With ANI inputs)