Twitter Blue expands to India and Brazil and mode, increases tweet limit to 4,000 characters
Twitter used to be a social media platform where users had only 140 characters to say what they had to say. Later it increased to 280, then the platform brought threads, and now Twitter Blue users are getting 4,000 characters per tweet, defeating the purpose of being clear with a handful of words.
need more than 280 characters to express yourself?
— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) February 8, 2023
we know that lots of you do… and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. we get that.
so we"re introducing longer Tweets! you"re gonna want to check this out. tap this 👉… https://t.co/lge9udRzLE
Meanwhile the paid subscription was silently rolled to more markets. The new countries where users can purchase Twitter Blue are France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain in Europe; Saudi Arabia, India and Indonesia in Asia; and Brazil in Latin America.
Pricing for iOS and Android is the same, while Web users can pay lower fees.
| Country | iOS pricing (monthly) | Android pricing (monthly) | Web pricing (monthly) | Web pricing (annually) |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 42 | SAR 42 | SAR 30 | SAR 315 |
| France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal | €11 | €11 | €8 | €84 |
| India | INR 900 | INR 900 | INR 650 | INR 6,800 |
| Indonesia | IDR 165,000 | IDR 165,000 | IDR 120,000 | IDR 1.25 million |
| Brazil | BRL 60 | BRL 60 | BRL 42 | BRL 440 |
Twitter Blue users receive premium features such as the ability to edit tweets, custom app icons, better navigation of tweets, folders, and a Reader feature that unrolls threads for a better reading experience.
