Twitter To Increase Character Limit To 4,000, Elon Musk Confirms

Twitter is finally adding the ability to increase its character limit from the current 280 characters to 4,000, new boss Elon Musk has confirmed.

Twitter is finally adding the ability to increase its character limit from the current 280 characters to 4,000, the company's new boss Elon Musk has confirmed. While replying to a question asked whether the rumoured plans of the micro-blogging platform to increase the character limit were true, Musk replied: "Yes" without providing additional information or a timeline of when the feature will be made available to the users.

To recall, a hike in the character limit of tweets has been imminent since last month. Earlier on November 27, when Twitter boss and tech billionaire Musk shared pictures of slides from a "company talk", a user suggested a 420-character limit for tweets. To that, Must responded: "Good idea."

One of the main differentiators between Twitter and other social media platforms has been character restriction. Twitter was referred to as a "micro-blogging service" primarily because of its character limit of 140 (for any tweet). However, in 2017, the character limit was eventually increased to 280 characters.

This development comes amid reports that the Twitter Blue service will be relaunched on Monday (December 12). However, the price of Twitter Blue will be higher for Apple users than others. People can subscribe to Twitter Blue on iOS for $11 per month. The Twitter Blue subscription service allows its users to avail of features such as the acclaimed blue check mark, among others. 

Twitter's much-talked-about Twitter Blue subscription plan was put on hold after a brief initial rollout. According to new Twitter chief Elon Musk, the Twitter Blue plan will cost $7 if users subscribe to it via the web and $11 if they pay for it through the Twitter app for iPhones, a report by The Information said last week.

The micro-blogging platform has informed some of its employees that it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription service.

The change in pricing is likely a reflection of the 30 per cent cut that Apple takes on revenues from apps for iOS, its operating system for iPhones and iPads, The Information report added.