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Twitter reportedly working on paywalled video feature

Unsurprisingly, things continue to change at Twitter under Elon Musk at a breakneck pace. One of the latest developments is a plan to paywall video content on the social platform.

The details come from The Washington Post (via The Verge), which obtained an internal company email. According to the email, users would be able to enable a ‘Paywalled Video’ feature after adding a video to a tweet and could select from preset prices, such as $1, $2, $5, or $10. Moreover, other users would still be able to retweet the video without paying to view it.

The Post also noted it’s unclear if the video plan predates Musk’s acquisition. It certainly sounds like it could — as The Verge notes, Twitter has long been exploring ways to increase revenue outside of advertising. Alternate revenue sources include things like Super Follows, which let users pay for subscriber-only content, and the Twitter Blue subscription.

Regardless of whether the paywalled video idea predated Musk, his Twitter acquisition appears to have accelerated the feature — Twitter employees reportedly have just one or two weeks to launch the video paywall feature.

However, the tight deadline may lead to other problems for Twitter. It reportedly would leave the company’s internal review team as little as three days to evaluate the risks of charging for video content, such as what happens if a user uploads copyrighted content and charges for it.

The Verge also highlights potential issues with Twitter’s porn community. Twitter remains one of the few major social media platforms to allow adult content, and while the community might benefit from a paywalled video feature, it could also cause problems with advertisers and payment providers (as a reminder, payment providers have caused problems for other adult content platforms like OnlyFans).

Source: The Washington Post Via: The Verge

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Facebook Messenger’s new bill splitting feature will be U.S. exclusive

Credit: https://messengernews.fb.com/2021/12/03/close-out-the-year-with-messengers-new-expression-tools/

Facebook Messenger will start testing a handy feature to help people slit bills next week, but only in the U.S.

Meta (formerly Facebook) announced the feature in a blog post rounding out the year. Dubbed ‘Split Payments,’ Meta describes it as a handy way to split up payments through a group chat using Messenger. Here’s how it works:

“To use Split Payments, click the “Get Started” button in a group chat or the Payments Hub in Messenger. From there, you can split a bill evenly or modify the contribution amount for each individual — with or without yourself included. After entering a personalized message and confirming your Facebook Pay details, your request will be sent and viewable in your group chat thread.”

Overall, it looks like a handy feature for tackling group payments for things like eating out at a restaurant, paying rent, or other group activities. Of course, you’ll need everyone to use Facebook Pay and Messenger to make this work — if your friend group is anything like mine, that might be hard to pull off.

It’s a bit of a bummer that Split Payments will be U.S.-exclusive at launch, but hopefully that means Meta can work out all the kinks before expanding it to other countries.

Meta’s blog post also detailed new additions to Messenger’s ‘Group Effects’ for video calls. You can check out the full post here.

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Source: Meta Via: 9to5Mac

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Fitbit’s new Daily Readiness feature recommends how you should work out

Alongside Fibit’s reveal of the new Charge 5 fitness tracker in August, the company announced a new ‘Daily Readiness’ feature coming to several of its trackers and smartwatches. Daily Readiness is now rolling out to users.

First, Daily Readiness is part of the Fitbit Premium subscription, so those without the subscription won’t have access to the feature. Even if you have Premium, you’ll also need a Fitbit Sense, Versa 2 or 3, Charge 5, Luxe or Inspire 2 device to use it.

Daily Readiness leverages data from users’ Fitbit devices to provide a personalized score each morning indicating how ready the body is for exercise. Depending on the score, the Fitbit app can make recommendations about how best to exercise — or if you should exercise at all.

The score pulls data about users’ activity, heart rate variability (HRV) and sleep patterns to help determine the score. Fitbit says the score is built on “proven research” and that it can help improve users’ overall fitness by helping them mix high-intensity workouts and active recovery.

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To start using Daily Readiness, you’ll need to ensure your Fitbit app is up to date (version 3.50+ on Android or 3.49+ on iOS). With an up-to-date app, a Premium subscription, and a supported Fitbit wearable, you should see a new Daily Readiness card on the ‘Today’ screen in the Fitbit app.

To start using the new feature, however, users will have to navigate a short onboarding process. This includes providing consent to use the feature. Additionally, you’ll have to allow four days for Daily Readiness to calibrate. Once calibrated, Daily Readiness will show a score every morning (Sense and Versa 3 users will be able to see the score on-wrist) along with tips about how they should aim to exercise that day. Additionally, Daily Readiness will show a personalized Active Zone Minutes target and suggested Premium in-app workouts based on the score.

Those interested can learn more about Daily Readiness here.