Twitter Blue relaunches today with an $8/month for web or $11 per month on iOS

Last month, Twitter paused the rollout of Twitter Blue following the impersonation abuse from trolls who took advantage of the blue checkmark verification feature. Following the first unsuccessful attempt at paid account verification, Twitter announced on Saturday it will start rolling out its revamped Blue subscription today, December 12th.

In a tweet from the company’s official account, Twitter said:

“we’re relaunching @TwitterBlue on Monday – subscribe on web for $8/month or on iOS for $11/month to get access to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark.”

Unlike the previous launch when Twitter charged a flat rate of $8 per month regardless of the OS platform, the social giant is now charging an additional $3, presumably to cover Apple’s App Store service fee.

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1601692766257709056

As before, subscribers of Twitter Blue will get access to a handful of other features, including the ability to edit tweets, upload 1080p videos, and see fewer ads. In addition, Blue subscribers will also “be able to change their handle, display name or profile photo, but if they do they’ll temporarily lose the blue checkmark until their account is reviewed again.”

subscribers will be able to change their handle, display name or profile photo, but if they do they’ll temporarily lose the blue checkmark until their account is reviewed again

— X (@X) December 10, 2022

Twitter also said it will begin “replacing that “official” label with a gold checkmark for businesses, and later in the week a grey checkmark for government and multilateral accounts.

Twitter launched Blue on November 1 just a few days after Elon Musk completed the $44 billion takeover. Calling it “power to the people,” Musk said back then that “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.”

Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.

Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022