Snapchat is piloting a new paid subscription tier for “Snapchatters” that would offer exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features, the ability to pin conversations, special badges and other perks.
“We’re doing early internal testing of Snapchat Plus, a new subscription service for Snapchatters. We’re excited about the potential to share exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features with our subscribers, and learn more about how we can best serve our community,” a company spokesperson said.
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Mobile developer, reverse engineer and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi tweeted that the subscription will cost $4.82 per month or $48.32 per year and will unlock numerous features, including knowing friends’ whereabouts in the last 24 hours and knowing how many friends rewatched a user’s story.
One paid tier perk seems to overlap with Snapchat’s free beta program — letting users test new features before they’re released. Snapchat is currently accepting new beta testers into its iOS program, but its Android enrollment is on hold for now, according to the website.
Related: Twitter Eyes $3 Monthly Subscription Dubbed ‘Twitter Blue’
Twitter announced a paid tier last month — Twitter Blue — that could have different pricing tiers, with higher-priced plans getting access to more features. One planned perk is reportedly called “collections” and will let people save their favorite tweets and come back to them later, PYMNTS reported. The date for the launch wasn’t announced.
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Messaging app Telegram is planning to launch its own subscription service later this month, PYMNTS reported. Telegram Premium would offer subscribers higher limits for chats and file and media uploads. All existing features would remain free, and additional new no-cost perks are being launched soon. Telegram said it has more than 500 million monthly active users.
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TikTok launched a subscription comedy series with exclusive content starting with Finding Jericho, which features creator Jericho Mencke interviewing a variety of characters.
The half-hour series, produced by creator content and collaboration platform Pearpop, airs twice a week. The entire eight-episode series costs $4.99 to watch and the first two episodes are free.
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