Twitter has lastly begun rolling out its long-awaited edit button after months of beta testing.

The brand new characteristic, which supplies customers the flexibility to edit their very own printed tweets inside a 30-minute window, is restricted to Twitter Blue subscribers for now. 

Twitter’s premium subscription service is presently solely accessible within the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – at a month-to-month value of $4.99 / AU$4.49 – however is anticipated to launch in additional international locations within the close to future. 

Though the brand new edit button offers Twitter Blue customers the choice to rectify embarrassing errors, common Twitter customers can determine edited tweets by way of a useful ‘final edited’ label (which itself seems subsequent to a daring pencil icon). 

hellothis is a take a look at to verify the edit button works, we’ll let you know the way it goesSeptember 29, 2022

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By clicking on this ‘final edited’ label, anybody can see a tweet’s edit historical past (i.e. what modifications have been made, and when), which is presumably Twitter’s resolution for sustaining transparency between paying and non-paying customers. 

The primary edited tweet (see above) was despatched by the corporate’s official Twitter Blue account. The unique tweet learn “it is a take a look at to verify the edit button works”, however was later edited to learn “it is a take a look at to verify the edit button works, we’ll let you know the way it goes”.

The previous model of the tweet now bears a label studying “There’s a brand new model of this Tweet. See the most recent Tweet” for readability. 

Along with editable tweets, Twitter Blue provides subscribers extra UI customization choices, ad-free articles and the flexibility to undo tweets through a 60-second countdown timer.

For extra Twitter-related content material, learn up on why Twitter’s edit button is not truly the characteristic most individuals needed it to be, or take a look at our listing of three Twitter options for those who’re considering of ditching the service.