Over the past month, Twitter has been testing a feature that lets you edit tweets in it, and today it’s finally live, but there’s been a bit of a hiatus.
First, you can only edit your tweets if you are a Twitter Blue subscriber. That much has been known since the company teased it. However, note that editing tweets is currently only available in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Now that Edit is rolling out in Twitter Blue Labs, here’s what you can expect.
See that little icon? It’s there to let you know that the tweet has been edited. pic.twitter.com/Av6vZYuVeO
— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) October 3, 2022
The feature will be rolling out to the US soon, but there’s no word yet on whether it’ll be available to people who don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue. It may get there eventually, but for starters it will be an added benefit to a subscription service.
Additionally, a version history is available on each edited tweet to find out what has changed. pic.twitter.com/E3eZSj7NsL
— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) October 3, 2022
Interestingly, a version history can be viewed for each edited tweet, so you know exactly what has changed. It certainly took Twitter a long time to introduce this feature, which is a staple of many other social media services – perhaps a case of ‘better late than never’.