Snap the makers of the popular Snapchat app is doing tests of a paid subscription called Snapchat Plus, which will apparently give users early access to features, as well as other abilities. In a statement Snap spokesperson Liz Markman said:
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We’re doing early internal testing of Snapchat Plus, a new subscription service for Snapchatters. We’re excited about the potential to share exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features with our subscribers, and learn more about how we can best serve our community.
According to screenshots and information posted to Twitter by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Snap is also testing other features for Snapchat Plus, including the ability to pin one of your friends as your “#1 BFF”, change the default app icon, and see who rewatches your stories. Paluzzi also shows that the price for Snapchat Plus is currently listed as $4.84 Euros (UGX 18k) a month and $48.50 (UGX 180k). Of course, at this stage, those may just be placeholder prices.
Snapchat plus will make Snap the only social network or messaging platform that’s working on a paid tier — Telegram has confirmed that it’s working on a premium subscription as well, due out later this month, and Twitter launched its Blue service late last year.
