Twitter Blue Users Can Now Customize the Twitter Icon for $2.99 a Month

Sophie Webster, Tech Times 25 February 2022, 01:02 pm

In 2021, Twitter introduced Twitter Blue, a platform version that offers additional features for a monthly subscription. Months after its launch, Twitter Blue can now customize the app's homescreen icon.

Twitter Blue's New Icon

The announcement was made on Twitter Blue's official account earlier this week. All subscribers using an Android phone now can choose from a list of custom homescreen icons.

You can change the color of the Twitter icon from the original light blue color. You can choose from orange, green, purple, and more.

Twitter Blue also offers abstract designs that you can use on your icon. Also, the service offers seasonal icons that are available for a limited time only. The icons may relate to sports, the different seasons, and other special events, according to 9to5Google.

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iPhone owners have had access to this feature since Twitter Blue rolled out, but it is only now being made available to Android users.

The feature will cost you an additional $2.99 a month. If you lapse in the subscription, you will lose access to these custom icons.

According to XDA Developers, other features of Twitter Blue include bookmark folders, Reader Mode, undo tweet, and more. other features are not available on Android, like the ad-free articles, themes, and custom navigation.

What You Need to Know About Twitter Blue

Twitter Blue allows you to have more freedom in how your account works. Twitter Blue was first launched in Australia and Canada in June 2021, and the paid version is now open for users in New Zealand and the United States.

The premium service also lets you read news ad-free, edit a published tweet, organize your bookmarks into folders, pin conversations in your DMs, upload videos up to 10 minutes long, and more, according to CNET.

Twitter Blue is a subscription service that offers users exclusive features of a monthly fee. On the platform, you will see people talk about which features you should have, and several of the most popular requests have made their way into the paid service.

The most popular feature is the Undo Tweet, which is not exactly the edit tool that some users have requested, but it does give you a way to quickly fix a published tweet.

The ad-free articles let you read stories from The Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, The Washington, Rolling Stone, and more without seeing any advertisements.

More than 45 websites are available, but there will be more coming. Also, a piece of your subscription fee goes to these news sites. The ad-free service only applies to these articles and not elsewhere on the platform.

The Reader for Threads feature allows you to read long threads wherein large tiles will showcase each tweet underneath. It will display only the tweet and any accompanying videos or photos. Distractions like avatar, date, username, and numbers won't be there; you can also customize text size.

Twitter Blue also has Bookmark folders. It lets you organize your messy bookmarks into folders to make them easier to find. Whenever you bookmark a tweet, you will be asked if you want to add it to a folder so you can organize them.