X, which was known as Twitter before Elon Musk's takeover, has announced that the users of the social networking platform will soon need a premium subscription to avail of its livestreaming feature.
The move will make X the only platform to charge users for livestreaming. Its rivals Facebook, YouTube and others allows free livestreaming.
“Starting soon, only Premium subscribers will be able to live stream. This includes going live from an encoder with X integration. Upgrade to Premium to continue going live,” read a post on X's 'Live' account.
X Premium subscriptions are priced at Rs 215.87 per month for Basic, Rs 566.67 per month for Premium and Rs 1,133.33 per month for Premium+.
This comes a week after the X made "likes" feature private. Earlier, Musk had revealed that X would charge a $1 annual fee for new users to access basic features such as liking posts, replying and bookmarking.
