Elon Musk offers free Premium, Premium Plus subscription to X users, but there is a catch

X, formerly known as Twitter, offers three plans under the platform’s paid subscription service. These three plans — Basic, Premium and Premium Plus — come at varying prices and they offer a different set of features to the interested users. But now, Elon Musk has announced that X will offer Premium and Premium Plus subscription for free to X users. But there is a catch.

The company isn’t offering free Premium and Premium Plus subscription to all users. Instead, X users who are using the platform’s free version need to fulfill specific criteria in order to be eligible to get all the features offered by their paid plans for free. Musk in a post on X wrote that X accounts that have more than 2,500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free. Similarly, X accounts that have more than 5,000 verified subscriber followers will get Premium Plus features for free.

Going forward, all 𝕏 accounts with over 2500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free and accounts with over 5000 will get Premium+ for free

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X Premium and Premium Plus India price

However, users don’t meet this criterion but still want access to Premium or Premium Plus features will have to take the old route, that is, pay for a paid plan that is relevant to their requirements.

X Premium monthly pricing for web in India stands at Rs 650, while annual pricing stands at Rs 6,800. On iOS, monthly Premium tier costs Rs 900, while annual Premium tier costs Rs 9,400. On Android, monthly Premium tier costs Rs 900, while annual Premium tier costs Rs 9,400.

On the other hand, X Premium Plus monthly pricing for web in India stands at Rs 1,300, while annual pricing stands at Rs 13,600. On iOS, monthly Premium Plus tier costs Rs 2,299, while annual Premium Plus tier costs Rs 22,900. On Android, monthly Premium Plus tier costs Rs 2,150, while annual Premium Plus tier costs Rs 22,600.

X Premium and Premium Plus features

X’s Premium plan offers all Basic features along with a checkmark, reduced ads, access to apply for ads revenue sharing and creator subscriptions, larger reply prioritisation, ID verification, and Media Studio among others. On the other hand, its Premium Plus tier offers all Premium features with additional benefits such as no ads in the For You and Following timelines, largest reply prioritisation, articles, and access to Grok among others.