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Twitter 2.0 Reveals Game-Changing Features

Elon Musk-run Social media platform launches new $5K per month API tier, Twitter API Pro for startups

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Elon Musk is known for his unanimous announcements on Twitter, and he recently tweeted that the social media platform is coming up with new video updates, and he’s definitely looking forward to keeping his word. Twitter rolled out its long-awaited new video updates, and netizens are excited they can now do more with the platform.

The update brings in the picture-in-picture (PiP) playback window and video download option, users will now be able to keep viewing a video clip while scrolling through the app and download what they like.

Twitter Dev tweeted yesterday, “We are launching our new access tier, Twitter API Pro,” calling startups and entrepreneurs to benefit from the feature as they go ahead in experimenting and scaling their businesses.

Several users excitedly expressed their thoughts on this development on Twitter, and are looking forward to using the most of it.

Twitter’s Picture-in-picture Video Playback

Twitter has been the primary source of entertainment, knowledge, and updates about the world throughout the day, it is natural for it to gain attention from the users. Twitter has tried multiple ways to integrate ‘video content’ with tweets for years, trying to tap into the market and maximize user engagement based on multiple inputs.

Finally, by introducing picture-in-picture video playback and video download options, Twitter has become more omnipresent. Becoming a singular entertainment and information solution and going a step further from traditional norms has helped retain users’ interest in the platform.

Making it easier to multitask while streaming, rather than watching on your TV screen while scrolling through tweets. Isn’t it a great solution?

Twitter’s new API pro calling startups

Elon Musk-run social media platform has launched a new API (Application Programming Interface) tier costing $5000 per month. The new interface is called “Twitter API Pro” which aims at fetching one million tweets per month, posting 3,00,000 tweets per month, and will give access to the full archive search endpoint to developers.

The new interface is rolled out calling start-ups and small businesses to make the most out of it. The entrepreneurs who are looking forward to “Experimenting, building, and scaling” their businesses, the Twitter API Pro will facilitate real-time access to 1M tweets.

Announcement stirred a debate over whether the Twitter API Pro is worth the money, and 1 million tweets are good to go for a business, some agreeing that the feature will prove to be a good use.

Netizens share excitement

“That’s cool, but you already killed most Twitter apps by now. And 5K is still too much for most of us. A 1K plan could make sense… but then again it’s too late,” a user commented.

“5k is like half of our monthly budget as a startup… quite out of touch pricing,” another user said.

Moreover, one more user mentioned, “No developer will ever trust Twitter again”. While some users are simply excited about what they can do with the media.

With mixed reactions, Twitter is all set to take a step ahead and provide more value to the users and keep experimenting.

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