Twitter relaunched the revamped Twitter Blue service final week after a one-month pause. The corporate has now up to date an official assist web page detailing the extra options that Blue subscribers get. The social community behemoth not too long ago launched Twitter Blue for Enterprise.
The verification tick has been essentially the most talked-about perk of the brand new Twitter Blue. Nevertheless, the service additionally unlocks loads of different options on the social media platform. As Elon Musk has typically stated, Twitter plans to broaden right into a video content material platform and can introduce new methods to enchantment to creators. With a Blue subscription, anybody can now add 1080p movies as much as 60 minutes lengthy. The utmost file measurement may be 2GB, 4 occasions greater than the earlier restrict of 512MB. Nevertheless, that measurement restrict nonetheless applies in the event you’re importing from Twitter’s cellular apps for iOS or Android.
One other characteristic that Musk has talked about a number of occasions in current weeks is precedence replies. If you happen to’re a Blue subscriber, Twitter will prioritize your replies on tweets. That ought to imply your replies will floor above these and not using a paid subscription. After all, if a number of Blue customers have replied, the platform should prepare these replies ultimately. Sadly, the corporate doesn’t share particulars about the way it will work. It additionally doesn’t speak about precedence in search or mentions, one thing the Twitter CEO recommended not too long ago. Possibly it’s nonetheless within the works.
The Twitter Blue verification badge is not going to be out there instantly
Twitter needed to droop Blue final month as a result of it instantly provided the verification checkmark to subscribers. Individuals exploited this coverage to create pretend accounts of outstanding public personalities or manufacturers and mislead or trick unsuspecting customers. The corporate is now requiring Blue subscribers to confirm their id utilizing a telephone quantity (could not settle for a Google Voice quantity).
The account additionally wants to fulfill a number of different eligibility standards outlined here. Furthermore, the checkmark is briefly disabled if subscribers change their deal with, show identify, or profile photograph.
Twitter Blue is at the moment out there within the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Customers can subscribe both on the net or by way of the iOS app, with assist for subscriptions on Android coming quickly. Nevertheless, since Apple and Google take a lower from in-app purchases, you’ll must bear that further price in the event you subscribe by way of cellular apps.
You may test the pricing particulars in every nation on Twitter’s support page. Observe that new Twitter customers can’t get a Blue subscription for 90 days. The corporate says it is going to share extra details about Blue within the coming months because it retains bettering the service.