Elon Musk’s Twitter account displayed on a telephone screen and Twitter logo displayed on a laptop screen are observed in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 1, 2022.
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Twitter started rolling out alterations to its platform for some customers on Saturday in preparation for the launch of its revamped subscription service Twitter Blue.
Updates outlined in the App Store confirmed that customers will be in a position to buy Twitter Blue and obtain a blue checkmark for $7.99 per month. The updates are listed as out there for customers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK and New Zealand, according to the description in the Apple on the internet retailer.
Esther Crawford, director of item management at the social media organization, stated in a series of tweets that the new version of the subscription service is not out there for absolutely everyone but, but a “little early group” may perhaps see updates to the platform.
“The new Blue is not reside but — the sprint to our launch continues but some people may perhaps see us creating updates due to the fact we are testing and pushing alterations in actual-time,” she wrote. “The Twitter group is legendary. New Blue… coming quickly!”
Elon Musk, who became the new owner of Twitter on Oct. 28, has laid out a series of tips for a new user verification method for Twitter, which he acquired for $44 billion.
In an earlier thread of tweets, Musk criticized the present technique, which offers a blue checkmark, or verification, to notable customers like politicians, members of the press, executives and organizations. Historically, the checkmark has let readers know that the account is genuine. Other social networks, like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, have equivalent verification systems.
Musk stated he plans to give “energy to the folks” by providing verification to anybody on the platform via Twitter Blue for $eight a month. He stated subscribers will get priority in mentions, replies and search, obtain half as lots of advertisements and will be in a position to tweet extended videos and audio.
Those alterations had been confirmed Saturday in the updated App Store listing. The updated version of the app also promised Blue members “a improved reading practical experience” and “early access to choose new characteristics.”
Musk stated in a tweet Saturday that Twitter Blue will roll out worldwide after it is confirmed to be operating in the initial set of nations.
The alterations adhere to an earlier report from The Verge that stated the Musk was thinking of charging as considerably as $19.99 per month for the subscription. Twitter workers operating on the project had been reportedly told they had till Nov. 7 to launch the function, or danger becoming fired, according to the report.
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