{"id":596898,"date":"2026-04-21T04:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596898\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:36:10","slug":"whatsapp-tests-plus-subscription-that-adds-stickers-and-more-for-a-few-bucks-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596898\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp tests \u2018Plus\u2019 subscription that adds stickers and more for a few bucks a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">WhatsApp users are getting some new customization features \u2014 for a price. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-plus-is-rolling-out-new-premium-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WABetaInfo<\/a>, Meta is rolling out a <a href=\"https:\/\/faq.whatsapp.com\/1480290710396618\/?cms_platform=android&amp;helpref=platform_switcher\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp Plus subscription<\/a> to \u201ca limited number of users,\u201d offering several cosmetic and quality of life perks, including exclusive stickers, different app themes, custom app icons, premium ringtones, the ability to pin up to 20 chats, and the ability to apply custom settings in bulk to lists of chats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">A screenshot from WABetaInfo shows the subscription\u2019s monthly price as \u20ac2.49, or just under $3, similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapchat.com\/plus?utm_source=snapchat-support\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snapchat Plus<\/a>, which costs $3.99 per month and includes similar perks. WhatsApp Plus is currently only supported in WhatsApp Messenger, not WhatsApp Business. It\u2019s also \u201ccurrently focused on Android, and support for WhatsApp for iOS is planned for a later stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Last month, Meta also began testing a monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/social-media\/meta-is-testing-an-instagram-plus-subscription-service-with-exclusive-features-181215180.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram Plus subscription<\/a> focused on exclusive Story-related features, including the ability to create different Story \u201caudiences\u201d and extend Stories beyond the usual 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WhatsApp users are getting some new customization features \u2014 for a price. According to WABetaInfo, Meta is rolling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1282,3,108,172,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-596898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-meta","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-social-media","11":"tag-tech","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}