Elon Musk has introduced that X (previously generally known as Twitter) will now provide options from X Premium and X Premium+ — the microblogging platform’s paid subscription — at no further value, to particular customers on the platform. Nonetheless, not all X customers will likely be eligible, in accordance with particulars shared by the corporate’s CEO on Thursday. Premium subscription plans on X scale back the variety of adverts on the timeline, whereas permitting customers to entry to premium options in addition to Grok, a man-made intelligence (AI) chatbot created by xAI, the startup based by Musk.
In a put up on X, Musk mentioned that every one accounts on the platform which have “over 2,500 verified subscriber followers” may have entry to options obtainable with an X Premium subscription. In India, an X Premium subscription prices Rs. 650 a month (when subscribing from the web site) whereas an annual subscription is priced at Rs. 6,800.
Going ahead, all 𝕏 accounts with over 2500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium options free of charge and accounts with over 5000 will get Premium+ free of charge
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2024
In the meantime, the platform’s CEO additionally mentioned that customers who’ve over 5,000 verified subscriber followers could be granted entry to options which can be obtainable with an X Premium+ subscription, that’s at the moment priced at Rs. 1,300 a month (in case you join from the net interface) or Rs. 13,600 for a 12 months. All 4 subscription costs are significantly increased when signing up from the Android and iOS apps.
Musk did not present a cause for granting entry to X Premium and X Premium+ options for choose customers, however the determination comes on the heels of a report that exposed that fewer folks have been utilizing the microblogging service, which was struggling to retain customers. The platform has refuted these claims.
This implies that you’ll want to have 2,500 followers who’ve paid for a Premium or Premium+ subscription to realize entry to those options, which additionally embrace a blue verification test mark and the power to monetise their posts. X exhibits fewer adverts to Premium subscribers, whereas those that have a Premium+ subscription don’t see any ads.
Each subscriptions provide options like the power to edit or undo posts, elevated character restrict, put up longer movies, background video playback, video downloads, and entry to the Grok AI chatbot. Premium+ entry additionally offers subscribers the power to put up articles. The subscriptions additionally enable customers to customize the cellular app interface and conceal likes and subscriptions.
