Washington, Jan 02 : Twitter has released a new feature that allows users to catch up on missed Tweets.

According to CBS News, the latest feature called "While You Were Away" offers up missed tweets a user might consider important.

The tweets missed by the users are pinned to their timelines.

The feature is available to particular sections of users as of now.

Meanwhile, the social networking giant has also announced several updates that will make it easier to take a public conversation private, including the ability to share and discuss tweets privately via Direct Messages. (ANI)