October 25, 2017

After months of speculation, Facebook is finally testing subscriptions for Instant Articles, starting with a version for Android devices. Facebook will roll out testing to a small group of publishers in the U.S. and Europe over the next few weeks, starting with a version for Android. Facebook said it hopes to expand testing to other publishers soon. For now, the subscription option is only being tested via Android, which helps publishers avoid the so-called Apple tax of 30 percent that Apple gets from in-app sales.