New Delhi : For users in India, Twitter has launched its premium membership service, Twitter Blue. The paid subscription allows users early access to features that the microblogging platform introduces, as well as the desired blue tick that is added next to their profile names.
Both iOS and Android smartphones, as well as Twitter’s website, now support the purchase of Twitter Blue. Users of iOS and Android in India must pay a monthly subscription cost of 900 rupees, while web users just pay a fee of 650 rupees.
Users can also pay an additional annual charge of Rs. 6,800 (Rs. 566 per month) to subscribe to the premium service. However, this strategy is only accessible online.
Twitter Blue is available in the US for $8 on the web and $11 per month on Android and iOS devices. In the US, the annual plan costs $84.
The blue tick was previously used to identify genuine accounts of well-known actors, politicians, journalists, and public figures before the company launched its Twitter Blue service. As of right now, anyone who pays the subscription cost can purchase the checkmark. Besides the blue tick, Twitter Blue subscribers will get early access to features like edit tweet, bookmark folders, custom app icons, and NFT profile pictures. Such users will also be able to choose different colour themes for their app, prioritise their reply on tweets, and undo a tweet before it becomes visible to other users.
Twitter Blue subscribers get a longer character limit of 4,000 while the character limit for other users is 280. The paid subscription also allows users to upload longer videos of up to 60 minutes or have a size of up to 2 GB.
Twitter’s premium service has now been made available in a number of nations. These nations include, among others, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and France. According to the microblogging network, a waiting period can be imposed without prior notice and new users wouldn’t be able to subscribe to Twitter Blue for 90 days.