Added the function that Twitter can read articles comfortably without ads to 'Twitter Blue'



Twitter announced that the paid subscription plan 'Twitter Blue ', which started in June 2021 in Canada and Australia, will be available in the United States and New Zealand from November 9, 2021. At the same time, 'Ad-free article reading function' was added to the Twitter Blue function.

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Twitter Blue can use 'Cancel Tweet' that allows you to cancel sent tweets before publishing them to followers, 'Bookmark Folder' that divides bookmarks into folders, and 'Reader Mode' that allows you to connect Twitter threads as text. It is a paid subscription plan that becomes.

Twitter Blue will be available in Canada and Australia on June 4, 2021 (Japan time). The monthly price is 3.49 Canadian dollars (about 320 yen) or 4.49 Australian dollars (about 370 yen).

Twitter launches paid service 'Twitter Blue', which can be canceled / corrected after posting a tweet --GIGAZINE



And on November 9, 2021, Twitter announced that it also launched Twitter Blue in the United States and New Zealand. The monthly price is $ 2.99 (about 340 yen) or 4.49 New Zealand dollar (about 360 yen).

In addition, 'Ad-free article reading function' has been added to the Twitter Blue function. This feature is a web service formerly known as 'Scroll,' which was previously independent of Twitter. Scroll was acquired by Twitter in May 2021, and Twitter said it would 'make Scroll part of its subscription service.'

Twitter acquires 'Scroll', a subscription service that hides advertisements on websites --GIGAZINE



According to Twitter, Twitter Blue members are available on desktop and iOS for ad-free articles in popular American newspapers and news sites such as The Washington Post, LA Times, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Hollywood Reporter, and The Atlantic. You will be able to read it. Ad-free articles that can be read with membership will be labeled 'Ad-free with Twitter Blue'.



Twitter says, 'A portion of the revenue from Twitter Blue subscription fees will be provided directly to publishers within our network to maintain our commitment to enhance and support publishers and press freedom. Our goal is for each partner publisher to earn 1.5 times more per user than with ads. It's a better experience for our readers and helping them with the journalism they value. It will be. '

Members of Twitter Blue will also be able to customize their own app icons, themes, bookmark folders, and have the right to pre-access features tested on Twitter. Of course, it's just a test, and as a result of feedback from Twitter Blue members, it seems that the addition of new features may be abolished. At the time of article creation, you can try out 'Longer Video Uploads' that allows you to upload up to 10 minutes of video, and 'Pinned Conversations' that allows you to fix your favorite conversations at the top of direct messages (DM).



Twitter said, 'Twitter Blue is still in its infancy, but we hope to develop more features and tools in the coming months. We'll be adding more features, allowing more customization, and more. I think we can prepare some surprises in the process. '

In addition, the official account of Twitter Blue has released a slightly dull trailer movie that imaged the 80's.

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