Meta Wants You to Pay for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Now
6 hours ago
- #Meta subscriptions
- #AI and creator plans
- #social media features
- Meta introduces paid subscription plans globally: Instagram Plus ($3.99/month), Facebook Plus ($3.99/month), and WhatsApp Plus ($2.99/month).
- Instagram Plus features include Story insights, unlimited audience lists, story spotlighting, Super Heart reactions, custom app icons, bio fonts, extended stories, and stealth story previewing.
- Facebook Plus offers most Instagram Plus features, while WhatsApp Plus includes themes, custom ringtones, more pinned chats, list customization, and premium stickers.
- New subscription tiers under 'Meta One' branding: Meta One Plus ($7.99/month) and Meta One Premium ($19.99/month) for AI users, offering higher compute queries, reasoning, and image/video generation.
- Meta One Essential ($14.99/month) for creators/businesses includes verified badge, impersonation protection, analytics, and linksheet; Advanced ($49.99/month) adds feed features, scheduling tools, content reuse notifications, higher rankings, bold Follow button, and automatic follow invitations.
- AI plans to be tested in Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia next month; business plans in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Thailand, and Bangladesh starting later this week.