{"id":257267,"date":"2026-05-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/meta-launches-plus-plans-for-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:25:31","slug":"meta-launches-plus-plans-for-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/meta-launches-plus-plans-for-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta launches &#8216;Plus&#8217; plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/meta-paid-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-plans-3671832\/\">Meta launches &#8216;Plus&#8217; plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/meta-paid-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-plans-3671832\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/meta-paid-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-plans-3671832\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-27 17:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Kerns \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meta has announced plans for several new paid subscriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp plus offer additional functionality for $3 to $4 per month.<\/li>\n<li>Paid plans featuring additional AI functionality and tools for audience growth are also being tested.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meta is rolling out a handful of new paid subscription plans for several of its services. The company\u2019s announced new Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus plans that add more features to each app. It\u2019s also testing paid subscriptions for Meta AI.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by TechCrunch, Meta Head of Product Naomi Gleit announced the new offerings in a video published this afternoon. Gleit doesn\u2019t get into pricing details, but\u00a0TechCrunch\u2018s report says plans for Meta\u2019s individual apps cost $3 to $4 per month, while the company will test AI plans that cost $8 to $20 per month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_6g\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_6g\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus will each cost $4 per month in the US. According to the report, the subscriptions will be geared toward power users, allowing subscribers more granular control over who sees which of their content, as well as better insight into who their posts are reaching. The $3 WhatsApp Plus plan \u201cfocuses on personalization and messaging,\u201d with additional themes, exclusive stickers, and more slots for pinned conversations.<\/p>\n<p>These plans will not replace Meta\u2019s Verified program, which offers identity verification and impersonation protection (among other features) for between $15 and $500 per month.<\/p>\n<p>In Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia, Meta AI will begin testing plans called Meta One Plus and Meta One Premium next month. The two plans, which will reportedly cost $8 and $20 per month in the US, respectively, apparently come with the same features, though the Premium offering features higher usage limits. Basic Meta AI functionality will remain free for now.<\/p>\n<p>Later this week, Meta\u2019s also planning to launch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/meta-paid-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-plans-3671832\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta launches &#8216;Plus&#8217; plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/meta-paid-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-plans-3671832\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-27 17:00:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-pixel-9-pro-instagram-android-authority-page.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-257267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257269,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257267\/revisions\/257269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}