Twitter Blue Now Available in US, New Zealand: All You Need to Know

Twitter Blue is now rolling out to customers within the United States and New Zealand, the corporate introduced on Tuesday. The subscription service supplied by the microblogging platform brings in a number of options akin to the flexibility to undo tweets and studying some information articles with out ads, amongst others. With Twitter Blue subscriptions, the social media large is trying to diversify its income sources.

Twitter Blue, which is able to price $2.99 (roughly Rs. 222) per thirty days within the US, will now embrace the flexibility to learn some information articles with out advertisements, add longer movies and customise the navigation bar within the Twitter app.

One of essentially the most helpful options of Twitter Blue is the flexibility to undo tweets. With this, subscribers may have a time restrict of 60 seconds to preview and make modifications to a tweet earlier than it is made public. While Twitter nonetheless hasn’t launched a much-demanded “Edit Tweet” characteristic, the flexibility to undo tweets earlier than posting might assist customers keep away from undesirable typos or different errors of their posts, as identified by famend sci-fi creator John Scalzi.

The San Francisco-based firm, which earns most of its cash by promoting promoting, is eyeing extra constant sources of income by promoting entry to sure options to heavy Twitter customers who flock to the positioning for information and present occasions.

Twitter Blue subscribers can learn articles from publications just like the Washington Post, USA Today and Reuters with out ads. A portion of the consumer’s Twitter Blue subscription will go to the information organisations, Twitter stated.

Subscribers also can pin vital conversations to the highest of the messaging inbox and alter the color theme of their Twitter app. Users also can publish longer movies (as much as 10 minutes) on the Web.

Subscribing to Twitter Blue is easy and straightforward as nicely. All a consumer must do is click on on Twitter Blue from the principle menu and faucet on Subscribe.

Twitter started rolling out the subscription service in June, launching it first in Canada and Australia. The firm declined to say what number of subscribers it has.